A survey of synchronization methods for parallel computers

An examination is given of how traditional synchronization methods influence the design of MIMD (multiple-instruction multiple-data-stream) multiprocessors. She provides an overview of MIMD multiprocessing and goes on to discuss semaphore-based implementations (Ultracomputers, Cedar, and the Sequent...

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Published in:	Computer (Long Beach, Calif.) Vol. 22; no. 7; pp. 66 - 77
Main Author:	Dinning, A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States IEEE 01.07.1989
Subjects:	990200 - Mathematics & Computers ARRAY PROCESSORS COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE Concurrent computing DATA-FLOW PROCESSING Design methodology GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE Hardware Logic programming Magnetic heads Multiprocessing systems PARALLEL PROCESSING PROGRAMMING Programming environments Software performance SYNCHRONIZATION VECTOR PROCESSING
ISSN:	0018-9162, 1558-0814
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