A Survey of Parallel Computer Architectures
An attempt is made to place recent architectural innovations in the broader context of parallel architecture development by surveying the fundamentals of both newer and more established parallel computer architectures and by placing these architectural ...
Design of a Bitmapped Multilingual Workstation
Previous work in multilingual support is reviewed. Research to date has involved four basic issues: character-set standardization, text input, internal storage and manipulation and display systems. Each of these areas is discussed. A workstation that ...
Databases and Cell-Selection Algorithms for VLSI Cell Libraries
The issues that must be addressed before commercial database management systems can be used to manage VLSI CAD data are defined. A survey is presented of approaches addressing four of the defined issues: design hierarchies and multilevel representations,...
Linda Meets Unix
The limitations of the shared-memory and distributed-memory models for explicit parallel programming are discussed and a new model, the Linda parallel communication paradigm which was designed specifically for parallel programming, is examined. ...
Process Groups and Group Communications: Classifications and Requirements
Different distributed applications are examined and their requirements for group communication support are outlined. The concept of a process group is defined. On the basis of internal structures and external behavior, groups are classified into ...