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The POOMA operating system

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Parallel Database Systems (PDS 1990)

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The POOMA operating system, together with the POOL-X compiler, is responsible for the execution on the POOMA hardware of parallel programs written in the parallel object oriented language POOL-X. This article contains two parts, firstly it gives an overview of most of the facilities which are offered by the POOMA operating system, and secondly relevant system components are evaluated. The POOMA operating system has a nucleus and a POOL-X run time support in which the POOL-X dependent parts are concentrated. However, POOL-X characteristics influenced some design decisions for the (POOL-X independent) nucleus. In the first part we present some design decisions and discuss them for the OS components. We also give some implementation details for interesting or non-standard implemented components. The second part of the article gives performance figures of parts of the nucleus and of the run time support, from which we may conclude that fast execution of POOL-X programs is possible.

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    R. H. H. Wester & B. J. A. Hulshof

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Wester, R.H.H., Hulshof, B.J.A. (1991). The POOMA operating system. In: America, P. (eds) Parallel Database Systems. PDS 1990. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 503. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-54132-2_68

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