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Application of the massively parallel processor to database management systems

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AFIPS '83: Proceedings of the May 16-19, 1983, national computer conference

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1500676.1500713

Published: 16 May 1983 Publication History

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The Goodyear massively parallel processor (MPP) represents a new architecture with the potential for providing improved solutions to applications benefiting from highly parallel operation. In this paper, application of the MPP to database management systems is examined. Specifically, the relational database model is considered. Database management has been selected as a candidate application of the MPP because of the positive results achieved in previous work related to parallel architectures and database systems. The relational model has been selected for its applicability to parallel processing, its mathematical foundation, and its general recognition as a model that is superior in many respects to the hierarchical and network models. The paper concentrates on a comparative evaluation of the MPP and an abstract conventional computer by examining specific database management functions rather than an entire database management system.

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Theoharis TParaskevopoulos A(1993)Parallel Relational Data Base Management System Design AspectsSoftware for Parallel Computation10.1007/978-3-642-58049-9_14(192-200)Online publication date: 1993
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58049-9_14
Hurson AMiller LPakzad SEich MShirazi B(1989)Parallel Architectures for Database SystemsAdvances in Computers Volume 2810.1016/S0065-2458(08)60047-9(107-151)Online publication date: 1989
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2458(08)60047-9

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AFIPS '83: Proceedings of the May 16-19, 1983, national computer conference

May 1983

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ISBN:0882830392

DOI:10.1145/1500676

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Theoharis TParaskevopoulos A(1993)Parallel Relational Data Base Management System Design AspectsSoftware for Parallel Computation10.1007/978-3-642-58049-9_14(192-200)Online publication date: 1993
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Hurson AMiller LPakzad SEich MShirazi B(1989)Parallel Architectures for Database SystemsAdvances in Computers Volume 2810.1016/S0065-2458(08)60047-9(107-151)Online publication date: 1989
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2458(08)60047-9

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