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Project Status
CSE 552 Project -
Entry Consistency on the T3D
Abstract
This paper presents several strategies for the implementation of an
entry consistent, distributed shared memory model on the Cray T3D. The
Cray T3D supports a very fast interconnect and
allows direct remote memory accesses. We found that with such fast
communication, many optimizations useful in the typical distributed
environment (a relatively slow interconnect) are counter
productive compared to a simple and straightforward implementation.
Project Files
A simple hello program.
The results of our hello program after
we've run it through our preprocessing perl script.
Our preprocessing perl script.
The macro file implementing
the nitty gritty aspects of entry consistency.
Our entry consistency library header file.
Our entry consistency library C code.
Some Background Reading
Write Detection for a Distributed Shared
Memory. Zekauskas, Sawdon and Bershad. A version of this paper will appear
in the 1994 OSDI Conference.
The Midway Distributed Shared Memory System
Bershad, Zekauskas and Sawdon. IEEE Compcon 93.
The Cray T3D Address Space and How to Use
It Numrich. Cray Research Inc. Technical Report 94.