Interconnection networks for large-scale parallel processing: theory and case studies
Interconnection networks for large-scale parallel processing: theory and case studies
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
The Operational Analysis of Queueing Network Models
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
The Gamma network: A multiprocessor interconnection network with redundant paths
ISCA '82 Proceedings of the 9th annual symposium on Computer Architecture
Principles of optimality for multiprogramming
SIGMETRICS '76 Proceedings of the 1976 ACM SIGMETRICS conference on Computer performance modeling measurement and evaluation
An L=S criterion for optimal multiprogramming
SIGMETRICS '76 Proceedings of the 1976 ACM SIGMETRICS conference on Computer performance modeling measurement and evaluation
Microprocessor implementation of a parallel processor
ISCA '77 Proceedings of the 4th annual symposium on Computer architecture
Design of the operating system for the pasm parallel processing system
Design of the operating system for the pasm parallel processing system
Theory, Volume 1, Queueing Systems
Theory, Volume 1, Queueing Systems
Notes on Shuffle/Exchange-Type Switching Networks
IEEE Transactions on Computers
Data Manipulating Functions in Parallel Processors and Their Implementations
IEEE Transactions on Computers
The Extra Stage Cube: A Fault-Tolerant Interconnection Network for Supersystems
IEEE Transactions on Computers
The Indirect Binary n-Cube Microprocessor Array
IEEE Transactions on Computers
IEEE Transactions on Computers
Task Preloading Schemes for Reconfigurable Parallel Processing Systems
IEEE Transactions on Computers
Access and Alignment of Data in an Array Processor
IEEE Transactions on Computers
Routing Schemes for the Augmented Data Manipulator Network in an MIMD System
IEEE Transactions on Computers
PASM: A Partitionable SIMD/MIMD System for Image Processing and Pattern Recognition
IEEE Transactions on Computers
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Task Scheduling on the PASM Parallel Processing System
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
A Parallel Processor Operating System Comparison
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
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One class of reconfigurable parallel processing systems is based on the use of a large number of processing elements which can be partitioned into multiple virtual machines. Each virtual machine is controlled by one or more control units. The multiple control units in such a system share a common secondary storage for programs. The control units use paging to transfer programs to their primary memories. One design problem is determining the optimal service rate for the secondary storage of the control units, where the "optimal" is characterized by maximum processor utilization. The PASM parallel processing system is used as a example system to study this problem. The implementation of virtual memory on the PASM control system memory hierarchy is discussed and a queueing network model for the memory hierarchy is developed. Based on assumed values for parameters that characterize the expected task environment, an optimal service rate is derived from the model. The values of the parameters in the model can be varied to determine the impact these changes would have on system performance. Simulation results verifying various aspects of the model are presented and the results are generalized.