ERef Bayreuth (University of Bayreuth) · 1995 · 14 citations · 0 references
ComputingComputer ScienceComputer SystemsComputer ArchitectureMessage PassingProgramming LanguagesInterprocess CommunicationProcess CoordinationShared-memory ParallelismSynchronization PrimitivesConcurrent ProcessesInter-process CommunicationParallel Program SynchronizationProcess Synchronization PrimitivesSynchronization MechanismsSynchronization SemanticsSynchronous Models Of Computation
The SB-PRAM realizes the theoretical CRCW-PRAM computing model. In this paper the SB-PRAM system is described from a programmer's point of view. Special emphasis is put upon the process creation scheme and on the efficient implementation of synchroniza tion constructs of the P4 library.