DartCVL(ID:3606/dar007)

for Dartmouth CVL

IMplementation of CVL for the DECmpp 12000/Sx 2000 parallel computer
Related languages
CVL => DartCVL   Implementation of
NESL => DartCVL   Intermediate language for
References:
  • 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.

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