A Parallel Shared Memory Computation Model.

This paper present a new model of parallel computing, an experimental test bed of the model, and a set of experimental data on the use of the model. Specifically, we model memory computation in computers with technology similar to current parallel computers. The processors compute independently using their local memories. The processors communicate via a limited asynchronous access to an amount of shared memory. The modeling concentrates on a set of parameters that describe the shared memory access limitations of the processors. The experimental part of the work was done using a configurable emulator to study various combinations of the different parameters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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