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  Experiences on the Implementation of PARMACS Macros Using Different Multiprocessor Operating System Interfaces

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by Ernest Artiaga, Nacho Navarro, Xavier Martorell, A Becerra, Marisa Gil, Albert Serra
ftp://ftp.ac.upc.es/pub/reports/DAC/1997/UPC-DAC-1997-75.ps.Z
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Abstract:

In order to evaluate the goodness of parallel systems, it is necessary to know how parallel programs behave. The SPLASH-2 applications provide us with a realistic workload for such systems. So, we have made different implementations of the PARMACS macros used by SPLASH-2 applications, based on several execution and synchronization models, from classical Unix processes to multithreaded systems. Results have been tested in two different multiprocessor systems (Digital and Silicon Graphics). As parallel constructs in the SPLASH-2 applications are limited to those provided by PARMACS, we can easily study the overhead introduced by synchronization and parallelism management.

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