TY - GEN
T1 - Picasso
T2 - 3rd Conference on Hypercube Concurrent Computers and Applications, C3P 1988
AU - Bradley, David K.
AU - Nazief, Bobby A.A.
AU - Grunwald, Dirk C.
AU - Reed, Daniel A.
PY - 1988/1/1
Y1 - 1988/1/1
N2 - Any new computer system organization raises many questions about hardware, system software, algorithms, and programming; multicomputers are no exception. The commercial emergence of hypercubes has made it possible to move many research questions from theoretical to experimental venues. However, hardware availability does more than permit implementation of previously tested ideas. The feasibility of many application and operating system algorithms can only be determined experimentally. We believe it is difficult, if not impossible, to experimentally examine these issues singly - they interact in both obvious and subtle ways. This paper describes the Picasso hypercube operating system, a part of the Picasso project at the University of Illinois. Motivated by the need for a flexible operating system testbed, the design of Picasso has exposed several important, and necessary, features of multicomputer operating systems designed for research. We present the design and current performance of Picasso, discuss the lessons learned, and conclude with an overview of future research plans.
AB - Any new computer system organization raises many questions about hardware, system software, algorithms, and programming; multicomputers are no exception. The commercial emergence of hypercubes has made it possible to move many research questions from theoretical to experimental venues. However, hardware availability does more than permit implementation of previously tested ideas. The feasibility of many application and operating system algorithms can only be determined experimentally. We believe it is difficult, if not impossible, to experimentally examine these issues singly - they interact in both obvious and subtle ways. This paper describes the Picasso hypercube operating system, a part of the Picasso project at the University of Illinois. Motivated by the need for a flexible operating system testbed, the design of Picasso has exposed several important, and necessary, features of multicomputer operating systems designed for research. We present the design and current performance of Picasso, discuss the lessons learned, and conclude with an overview of future research plans.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85034040918&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/62297.62337
DO - 10.1145/62297.62337
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85034040918
T3 - Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Hypercube Concurrent Computers and Applications: Architecture, Software, Computer Systems, and General Issues, C3P 1988
SP - 364
EP - 373
BT - Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Hypercube Concurrent Computers and Applications
A2 - Fox, Geoffrey
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Y2 - 19 January 1988 through 20 January 1988
ER -