A flexible system call interface for interprocessor communication in a distributed memory multicomputer

  • Authors:
  • Maria D. Maggio;David W. Krumme

  • Affiliations:
  • Alliant Computer Systems;Tufts University

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review
  • Year:
  • 1991

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Abstract

The Multifaceted Communication System for the distributed memory NCUBE is an interprocessor communication system that supports many features useful for application programs: asynchronous, partially and fully synchronous calls in blocking and non-blocking modes, buffered and unbuffered transmissions, gather and scatter operations, broadcasting, a general pipe mechanism, and file operations. A major achievement of this design is the use of a single, consistent user interface. This paper describes the main features of that interface and the semantics of the operations it embodies.