Portable and efficient parallel computing using the BSP model
Goudreau, M.W.; Lang, K.; Rao, S.B.; Suel, T.; Tsantilas, T.
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
Volume 48, Issue 7, Jul 1999 Page(s):670 - 689
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/12.780876
Summary:The Bulk-Synchronous Parallel (BSP) model was proposed by Valiant
as a standard interface between parallel software and hardware. In
theory, the BSP model has been shown to allow the asymptotically optimal
execution of architecture independent software on a variety of
architectures. Our goal in this work is to experimentally examine the
practical use of the BSP model on current parallel architectures. We
describe the design and implementation of the Green BSP Library, a small
library of functions that implement the BSP model, and of several
applications that were written for this library. We then discuss the
performance of the library and application programs on several parallel
architectures. Our results are positive in that we demonstrate
efficiency and portability over a range of parallel architectures and
show that the BSP cost model is useful for predicting performance trends
and estimating execution times
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