PVM-ATM 3.3.2.0 RELEASE NOTE

         Distributed Multimedia Center and 
            Computer Science Department
             Army 
High-Performance Computing Research Center, 
we are please to announce the release
of Version 3.3.2.0 PVM over ATM networks. The current version required Fore 
Systems' ATM cards and is limited to a Fore Systems local ATM network. We are 
working on PVM over other ATM cards and PVM over wide area ATM networks (with 
the support of US WEST). 


MOTIVATION
   Transparently run PVM user programs over ATM networks and fully utilize
   the high bandwidth of ATM networks.


KEY FEATURES

 PVM 3.3.2 compatible
 Message passing using either ATM AAL3/4, ATM AAL5 or original PVM (via TCP/UDP)
 Implemented on Fore Systems' ATM API instead of BSD socket interface
 Multicasting capability for PVM Daemon processes
 Improved communication performance


DISTRIBUTION
   Anonymous ftp: ftp.cs.umn.edu (pvm-atm3.3.2.0.tar.Z) 

   WWW server:    ftp://ftp.cs.umn.edu/users/du/pvm-atm/www.html 


CONTACT
   please direct any email (questions, bugs, bug fixes, etc.) to 


                  pvm-atm@cs.umn.edu 


RELATED PAPERS

 Distributed Network Computing over
Local ATM Networks.
 High Performance Parallel Virtual Machine over Local ATM Networks.



This document is prepared by Mengjou Lin.