Changes to the archive in in December 1995

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20th December 1995

/parallel/languages/sisal/distribution/draft.ps.Z: Sisal 90 User's Guide by John T. Feo; Patrick J. Miller; Stephen K. Skedzielewski and Scott M. Denton. December 3, 1995
/parallel/languages/sisal/distribution/twine.1.2.tar.Z: Twine 1.2 source level SISAL debugger by Walter Cedeno and Pat Miller. TWINE implements the full SISAL semantics (except streams are strict) including error values. In debug mode, the user can set breakpoints, break on errors, break on named values being generated and break on infinite (user defined) looping!
/parallel/languages/fortran/adaptor/: Update of Adaptor to V3.2
/parallel/languages/fortran/adaptor/README: ADAPTOR v3.2 (December 1995) overview. Author: Dr. Thomas Brandes <brandes@gmd.de>, German National Research Center for Computer Science (GMD), P.O. Box 1316, 53731 Sankt Augustin, Germany. ; Tel: +49 2241-14-2492; FAX: +49 2241-14-2181
/parallel/languages/fortran/adaptor/adp_3.2.tar.gz
/parallel/languages/fortran/adaptor/adp_3.2.tar.Z: ADAPTOR v3.1 source, documentation and examples. Requires a Fortran 77 compilation system. Supported on: CM-5; iPSC/860 and Intel Paragon; Net of SUN Sparc Workstations; Net of IBM Risc Workstations; Meiko CS1, CS2; SGI Multiprocessor Systems; IBM SP; NEC Cenju-3.
/parallel/languages/fortran/adaptor/iguide.ps.Z: ADAPTOR V3.2 Installation guide.
/parallel/languages/fortran/adaptor/docs/iguide.ps.Z: Adaptor Installation Guide Version 3.2 by Dr. Thomas Brandes <brandes@gmd.de>, German National Research Center for Computer Science (GMD), P.O. Box 1316, 53731 Sankt Augustin, Germany. ; Tel: +49 2241-14-2492; FAX: +49 2241-14-2181
/parallel/languages/fortran/adaptor/docs/uguide.ps.Z: Adaptor Users Guide Version 3.2 by Dr. Thomas Brandes <brandes@gmd.de>, German National Research Center for Computer Science (GMD), P.O. Box 1316, 53731 Sankt Augustin, Germany. ; Tel: +49 2241-14-2492; FAX: +49 2241-14-2181
/parallel/languages/fortran/adaptor/docs/pguide.ps.Z: Adaptor Programmers Guide Version 3.2
/parallel/environments/pvm3/distribution/ug.ps.Z: PVM 3 User's Guide and Reference Manual by Al Geist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge TN 37831-6367, USA; Adam Beguelin <adambg@cs.cmu.edu>, Carnegie Mellon University and Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890, USA; Jack Dongarra <dongarra@dasher.cs.utk.edu>, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN 37996-1301, USA; Weicheng Jiang, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN 37996-1301, USA; Robert Manchek <manchek@thud.cs.utk.edu>, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN 37996-1301, USA and Vaidy Sunderam <vss@mathcs.emory.edu>, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
/parallel/environments/pvm3/distribution/writeup.ps.Z: The PVM Project Overview of PVM, major features, systems it runs on, status, availability, contacts and support details.
/parallel/standards/hippi/minutes/dec95_hippi_min.ps.gz
/parallel/standards/hippi/minutes/dec95_hippi_min.pdf
/parallel/standards/hippi/minutes/dec95_hippi_min.txt: Minutes for 4th-5th December 1995 X3T11 HIPPI SWG and HNF Technical Committee (TC), San Diego, California, USA.
/parallel/standards/hippi/Cray_GigaRing_Paper.ps.gz: The SCX channel: A new, super computer-class system interconnect by Steve Scott <sls@cray.com>, Cray Research, Inc., USA ABSTRACT: This paper describes the SCX system interconnect and I/O channel from Cray Research. The SCX channel provides high performance, scalable, reliable inter-system and system-to-peripheral communication. It is slated for use across all Cray platforms in 1996 and beyond, and will be made available as an open standard. The SCX channel is ring-based, and borrows heavily from the logical layer of the IEEE standard Scalable Coherent Interface. The channel has been enhanced, however, to address the reliability, flexibility and performance needs of distributed supercomputer environments. The SCX channel is capable of sustaining data payload bandwidths in excess of 900 MB/s half duplex, or 2 x 800 MB/s full duplex.
/parallel/standards/hippi/Cray_GigaRing_Presentation.ps.gz: Overview of the GigaRing Channel by Steve Scott <sls@cray.com>, Cray Research, Inc., USA
/parallel/environments/sr/: SR is described in "The SR Programming Language: Concurrency in Practice" by Gregory R. Andrews and Ronald A. Olsson (Benjamin/Cummings, 1993, ISBN 0-8053-0088-0). Information about concurrent programming in general can be found in "Concurrent Programming: Principles and Practice" by Gregory R. Andrews (Benjamin/Cummings, 1991, ISBN 0-8053-0086-4). See also http://www.cs.arizona.edu/sr/www/
/parallel/environments/sr/sr.tar.Z: SR programming language Version 2.3.1 by SR Project <sr-project@cs.arizona.edu>, http://www.cs.arizona.edu/sr/www/, Department of Computer Science, The University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Building, 1040 E. 4th St., Tucson, Arizona, 85721-0077, USA; FAX: +1 520 621 4246 The SR programming language, including source code, documentation in PostScript and troff form, checkout programs, and examples.
/parallel/environments/sr/vs.tar.Z: The extended verification suite, needed only if you're going to modify the system or port it to a new architecture.
/parallel/standards/mpi/mpimap/MPIMap.tar.Z: Updated: "MPIMap Distribution" by John May <johnmay@llnl.gov> A tool for visualizing MPI datatypes. Must run on the target parallel machine for which the MPI code is being developed, since it calls MPI to determine datatype layouts and sizes. Works only with the MPICH V1.0.10 implementation of MPI at present. It also requires Tcl 7.4 and Tk 4.0 and works best with a colour display.

6th December 1995

/parallel/vendors/inmos/ieee-hic/data/rdme_pci.txt: PCI DS-Link (IEEE 1355) PCB overview by Paul Walker <paul@walker.demon.co.uk>, 4Links for technical help, PO Box 816, Two Mile Ash, Milton Keynes, MK8 8NS, England; Tel: +44 (0)1908 566253; FAX: +44 (0)1908 566253
/parallel/vendors/inmos/ieee-hic/data/pciflier.ps.Z: PCI DS-Link (IEEE 1355) PCB advert by Paul Walker <paul@walker.demon.co.uk>, 4Links for technical help, PO Box 816, Two Mile Ash, Milton Keynes, MK8 8NS, England; Tel: +44 (0)1908 566253; FAX: +44 (0)1908 566253
/parallel/vendors/inmos/ieee-hic/data/pci-pcb.psz: PCI DS-Link (IEEE 1355) PCB diagram by Paul Walker <paul@walker.demon.co.uk>, 4Links for technical help, PO Box 816, Two Mile Ash, Milton Keynes, MK8 8NS, England; Tel: +44 (0)1908 566253; FAX: +44 (0)1908 566253
/parallel/standards/mpi/mpimap/: MPIMap is a free tool that graphically displays the structure of user-defined MPI data types such as vectors and structs. See also http://www.llnl.gov/liv_comp/mpimap/

4th December 1995

/parallel/events/ppsg-threads: Programming with Threads by Brian Henderson <bwh45@inf.rl.ac.uk> A one-day meeting on the facilities and techniques underlying the effective exploitation of shared memory systems from desk-top dual PCs to KiloCPU and CroreCPU NUMA servers being held at Clore Lecture Theatre, Imperial College, London, UK. Organised by British Computer Society, Parallel Programming Specialist Group.
/parallel/vendors/elcom/patches/a09toc01.zip: Patch for Origami for Windows from 9th October 1995 release to 1st December 1995 release.
/parallel/environments/lam/distribution/Readme.mlist: Update to LAM Mailing list announcement
/parallel/standards/hippi
hippi-sc_2.9.ps.gz: High-Performance Parallel Interface - Physical Switch Control (HIPPI-SC) A maintenance copy of ANSI X3.222-1993. Sept 28, 1995. ABSTRACT: This standard provides a protocol for controlling physical layer switches which are based on the High-performance Parallel Interface, a simple high-performance point-to-point interface for transmitting digital data at paek data rates of 800 or 1600 Mbit/s between data-processing equipment.
/parallel/standards/hippi/hippi-serial_2.0.ps.gz
/parallel/standards/hippi/hippi-serial_2.0.pdf: High-Performance Parallel Interface - Serial Specification V2.0 (HIPPI-Serial) ABSTRACT: This standard specifies a physical-level interface for transmitting digital data at 800 Mbit/s or 1600 Mbit/s serially over fiber-optic or coaxial cables across distances of up to 10 km. The signalling sequences and protocol used are compatible with HIPPI-PH, ANSI X3.183-1991, which is limited to 25 m distances. HIPPI-Serial may be used as an external extender for HIPPI-PH ports, or may be integrated as a host's native interface without HIPPI-PH.
/parallel/standards/hippi/hippi-serial_2.0_changes.ps.gz
/parallel/standards/hippi/hippi-serial_2.0_changes.pdf: Changes between HIPPI-Serial Rev 1.5 and Rev 2.0 This was a major re-write of the document, so a major jump was made in the revision number. Just the major changes are listed, the detail changes were too extensive to list individually.
/parallel/environments/pade/: NIST Parallel Applications Development Environment (PADE) is a flexible, customizable environment for developing parallel applications that uses the PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine) message-passing library. It provides an integrated framework for all phases of development of a parallel application: editing, compilation, execution, debugging, and performance monitoring. PADE consists of an intuitive graphical user interface, a suite of PVM utilities, and extensive documentation in PostScript, ASCII, and HTML formats.
/parallel/environments/pade/nist_pade.1.4.0.tar.gz: PADE version 1.4.0 distribution. Includes documentation and source. Requires Tcl 7.4 and Tk 4.0 (or later?) to build
/parallel/books/addison-wesley/dbpp/: Designing and Building Parallel Programs by Ian Foster <itf@mcs.anl.gov> The entire book is available here for free in hypertext form and also at other mirror sites (see below). DBPP is a practitioner's guide to parallel program design, performance analysis, and program construction. It provides tutorial introductions to four parallel languages and libraries---Compositional C++, Fortran M, High Performance Fortran, and the Message Passing Interface---and also reviews parallel performance tools. There are numerous examples, exercises, and references. It is intended for both professional and academic use. Addison Wesley, 1995. ISBN: 0-201-57594-9