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Comparison between a message passing and a global shared memory parallel computer by means of a concrete Monte-Carlo algorithm

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A program originally developed to be executed on a CRAY vector computer was parallelized for the message passing parallel computer nCUBE2 and subsequently ported to the KSR1, which is a global shared memory parallel computer. This offers the possibility to compare the two machine types from a user's point of view. Beyond this special implementation a more general strategy has been derived, which allows to port programs almost automatically from the nCUBE2 system to the KSR1 machine. This strategy might possibly be generalized to other message passing and global shared memory systems.

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  1. Dr. Renate Dohmen

    Present address: Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Bereich Informatik, D-85748, Garching, Germany

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching EURATOM Association, Federal Republic of Germany

    Dr. Renate Dohmen

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Dohmen, R. (1994). Comparison between a message passing and a global shared memory parallel computer by means of a concrete Monte-Carlo algorithm. In: Buchberger, B., Volkert, J. (eds) Parallel Processing: CONPAR 94 — VAPP VI. VAPP CONPAR 1994 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 854. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58430-7_42

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