Orthogonal Processor Groups for Message-Passing Programs

  • Authors:
  • Thomas Rauber;Robert Reilein;Gudula Rünger

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • HPCN Europe 2001 Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on High-Performance Computing and Networking
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

We consider a generalization of the SPMD programming model to orthogonal processor groups. In this model different partitions of the processors into disjoint processor groups can be exploited simultaneously in a single parallel implementation. The parallel programming model is appropriate for grid based applications working in horizontal or vertical directions as well as and for mixed task and data parallel computations [2]. For those applications we propose a systematic development process for message-passing programs using orthogonal processor groups. The development process starts with a specification of tasks indicating horizontal and vertical sections. A mapping to orthogonal processor groups realizes a group SPMD execution model and a final transformation step generates the corresponding message-passing program.