iWARP – Anatomy of a Parallel Computing System (The MIT Press) - Hardcover

Gross, Thomas; O`hallaron, David R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262071835 ISBN 13: 9780262071833

Publisher: MIT Press, 1998

Synopsis

Although researchers have proposed many mechanisms and theories for parallel systems, only a few have actually resulted in working computing platforms. The iWarp is an experimental parallel system that was designed and built jointly by Carnegie Mellon University and Intel Corporation. The system is based on the idea of integrating a VLIW processor and a sophisticated fine-grained communication system on a single chip. This book describes the complete iWarp system, from instruction-level parallelism to final parallel applications. The authors present a range of issues that must be considered to get a real system into practice. They also provide a start-to-finish history of the project, including what was done right and what was done wrong, that will be of interest to anyone who studies or builds computer systems.

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About the Authors

Thomas Gross is a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.

David O'Hallaron is Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Department of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.

Edition details

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262071835
• ISBN 13: 9780262071833
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 512