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%T General purpose parallel computers: a standard architecture with a standard programming interface
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%A Geoff Barrett, Eric Barton, Trevor Carden, Dominique Duval, Denis A. Nicole
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%E Alastair R. Allen
%B Proceedings of WoTUG\-15: Transputer Systems \- ongoing Research
%X Recent developments in the area of high performance
computing are pointing the way to a standard architecture
for parallel computers. This architecture contains a number
of medium\-cost processing elements which communicate with
each other through a high\-bandwidth, low\-latency
interconnect. The design of the interconnect eliminates the
concerns of "locality" which are current in the
programming of present\-day machines. This "flat"
topology and common architectural model lead to increased
opportunities for establishing portable software for high
performance computing. The Esprit GP\-MIMD project has
exploited these opportunities by developing the
architectural model and denning a programming interface for
software which runs efficiently on machines with a range of
processing power.