UnCvl(ID:3605/unc002)

pronounced "uncivil"

for University of North Carolina CVL

Implementation of Cvl for MasPar MP-1 massively parallel computer.
Hardware:
Related languages
CVL => UnCvl   Implementation of
NESL => UnCvl   Intermediate language for
References:
  • Faith, Rickard E. ; Doug L. Hoffman, and David G. Stahl. UnCvl: The University of North Carolina C Vector Library. Version 1.1, May 1993. view details External link: Citeseer Abstract: This paper describes our efforts in implementing a version of Cvl (C
    Vector Library) for the MasPar MP-1 SIMD computer. Cvl is a library of rudimentary vector routines, callable from C, as described by G. Blelloch, et. al. UnCvl is an implementation of the Cvl library routines written in mpl, MasPar's parallel version of C. The main motivation for implementing Cvl on the MP-1 is to provide support for Nesl, a high level, portable parallel programming interface.
  • Cormen, T et al "DartCVL: The Dartmouth C Vector Library" Dartmouth College Computer Science Technical Report 95-20 view details Abstract: As a class project, we implemented a version of CVL, the C Vector
    Library, on a DECmpp 12000/Sx 2000, which is equivalent to the MasPar MP-2 massively parallel computer. We compare our implementation, DartCVL, to the University of North Carolina implementation, UnCvl.

    DartCVL was designed for the MP-2 architecture and UnCvl was designed
    for the MP-1. Because the MasPar MP-1 and MP-2 are functionally equivalent, both DartCVL and UnCvl will run on either. Differences in the designs of the two machines, however, may lead to different software design decisions. DartCVL differs from UnCvl in two key ways. First, DartCVL uses hierarchical virtualization, whereas UnCvl uses cut-and-stack. Second, DartCVL runs as much serial code as possible on the console, whereas UnCvl runs all serial code on the Array Control Unit (ACU). The console (a DECstation 5000/240 at Dartmouth) has a significantly faster serial processor than the ACU.

    External link: Citeseer