Paper Info
Title
Hardware Synchronization of Massively Parallel Processes in Distributed Systems
Abstract
In this paper a new method is proposed to synchronize massively parallel processes in distributed multiprocessor systems. The method is an extension of that used in arbitration systems like Futurebus+. It also uses three global synchronization lines and a distributed synchronizer, and can be applied without changes to the existing hardware. The method allows to carry out two alternative synchronization protocols where the end of the operation is either forced by any processor or identified as a moment when all processors completed their individual parts. Application of this method, e.g., to the arbitration process allows to reduce the arbitration time in average by a factor of 2.
Year
DOI
Venue
1997
10.1109/ISPAN.1997.645087
ISPAN
Keywords
Field
DocType
parallel process,arbitration process,multiprocessor system,hardware synchronization,individual part,arbitration system,massively parallel processes,global synchronization line,new method,alternative synchronization protocol,existing hardware,arbitration time,hardware,synchronisation,massively parallel processing,signal processing,distributed system,protocols,concurrency control,distributed processing,synchronization,cybernetics,logic,backplanes
Synchronization,Backplane,Concurrency control,Massively parallel,Synchronizer,Computer science,Parallel computing,Multiprocessing,Arbitration,Computer hardware,Futurebus,Distributed computing
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-8186-8259-0
1
0.41
References 
Authors
2
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mikhail Makhaniok192.60
Reinhard Männer2801536.47