Language Support for Synchronous Parallel Critical Sections

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1997 Advances in Parallel and Distributed Computing Conference (APDC '97)

Shanghai, CHINA

March 19-March 21

ISBN: 0-8186-7876-3

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	Christoph W. Kessler, Helmut Seidl, "Language Support for Synchronous Parallel Critical Sections," Advances in Parallel and Distributed Computing Conference, pp. 92, 1997 Advances in Parallel and Distributed Computing Conference (APDC '97), 1997.

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	@article{ 10.1109/APDC.1997.574018, author = {Christoph W. Kessler and Helmut Seidl}, title = {Language Support for Synchronous Parallel Critical Sections}, journal ={Advances in Parallel and Distributed Computing Conference}, volume = {0}, year = {1997}, isbn = {0-8186-7876-3}, pages = {92}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/APDC.1997.574018}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - CONF JO - Advances in Parallel and Distributed Computing Conference TI - Language Support for Synchronous Parallel Critical Sections SN - 0-8186-7876-3 SP EP A1 - Christoph W. Kessler, A1 - Helmut Seidl, PY - 1997 KW - synchronous parallel critical section KW - Fork95 KW - parallel programming language KW - synchronous program execution KW - asynchronously cooperating processes KW - SB-PRAM VL - 0 JA - Advances in Parallel and Distributed Computing Conference ER -

Christoph W. Kessler, Universitaet Trier

Helmut Seidl, Universitaet Trier

DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/APDC.1997.574018

We introduce a new parallel programming paradigm, namely synchronous parallel critical sections. Such parallel critical sections must be seen in the context of switching between synchronous and asynchronous modes of computation. Thread farming allows to generate bunches of threads to solve independent subproblems asynchronously and in parallel. Opposed to that, synchronous parallel critical sections allow to organize bunches of asynchronous parallel threads to execute certain tasks jointly and synchronously. We show how the PRAM language Fork95 can be extended by a construct "join" supporting parallel critical sections. We explain its semantics and implementation, and discuss possible applications.

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synchronous parallel critical section, Fork95, parallel programming language, synchronous program execution, asynchronously cooperating processes, SB-PRAM

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Christoph W. Kessler, Helmut Seidl, "Language Support for Synchronous Parallel Critical Sections," apdc, pp.92, 1997 Advances in Parallel and Distributed Computing Conference (APDC '97), 1997

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