TreadMarks is a distributed shared memory DSM system for standard Unix systems such as SunOS and Ultrix. This paper presents a performance evaluation of TreadMarks running on Ultr...
Peter J. Keleher, Alan L. Cox, Sandhya Dwarkadas, ...
On cc-NUMA multi-processors, the non-uniformity of main memory latencies motivates the need for co-location of threads and data. We call this special form of data locality, geogra...
Stochastic modeling forms the basis for analysis in many areas, including biological and economic systems, as well as the performance and reliability modeling of computers and comm...
Future parallel computers must efficiently execute not only hand-coded applications but also programs written in high-level, parallel programming languages. Today's machines ...
Steven K. Reinhardt, James R. Larus, David A. Wood
A fundamental problem in distributed computing is performing a set despite failures and delays. Stated abstractly, the problem is to perform N tasks using P failure-prone processor...
Dariusz R. Kowalski, Mariam Momenzadeh, Alexander ...