BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0
ID:: UCB//CSD-94-810
TITLE:: Implementing an Efficient Portable Global Memory Layer on
        Distributed Memory Multiprocessors
DATE:: May 17, 1994
AUTHOR:: Luna, Stephan S.
PAGES:: 49
ABSTRACT:: Libsplit-C is a library of communication and global
        storage primitives for distributed memory machines. The library has
        been implemented on the CMAM and CMAML active message layers for the
        CM5, the HPAM active message layer for an FDDI network of HP
        workstations, the NX message passing library for the Paragon, and the
        MPLp message passing library for the SP1. This paper describes the
        issues involved in porting this library to different message layers,
        and it shows that the library can be implemented efficiently on these
        message layers. This paper presents microbenchmarks and performance of
        applications for all the implementations. It also discusses the
        primitives exported by the library and the library's relationship to
        languages.
RETRIEVAL:: postscript (in {1-2}.ps)
END:: UCB//CSD-94-810