Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: Steve Simonds <simonds@sgi.com>
Subject: Re: PVM on shared memory computers ?
Organization: Silicon Graphics
Date: 22 May 1996 02:30:05 GMT
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Bela Ban <bba@zurich.ibm.com> wrote:
>Hi !
>
>I read in the PVM's Users's Guide that PVM is only available on
>distributed-memory computers. Can someone tell me what would prevent PVM
>from being run on shared-memory computers ? I even think there is the
>advantage of sharing data structures rather than having to send data
>(including marshalling / unmarshalling ) between processes !
>
>Is there a PVM implementation for shared-memory computers available ?

PVM is implemented on the SGI Challenge/Power Challenge systems quite well.
And the performance is outstanding I might add.

Look for SGIMP64 and SGIMP

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Regards, SS   We have enough youth, how about a fountain of SMART?

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