Shared memory programming in metacomputing environments: The global array approach

Journal of Supercomputing

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-136

  Nieplocha, Jarek ^a   Harrison, Robert J ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed arrays; Global arrays; Metacomputing; NUMA memory architecture; Shared memory programming

Indexed keywords

BUFFER STORAGE; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DATA STRUCTURES; MULTIPROGRAMMING; SUPERCOMPUTERS; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

GLOBAL ARRAY MODEL; METACOMPUTING; SHARED MEMORY PROGRAMMING;

MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031332012     PISSN: 09208542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007955822788     Document Type: Article

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