Synergy User Manual and Tutorial. - THE CORE MEMORY
Synergy User Manual and Tutorial. - THE CORE MEMORY
Synergy User Manual and Tutorial. - THE CORE MEMORY
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<strong>Synergy</strong> <strong>User</strong> <strong>Manual</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Tutorial</strong><br />
Table of Contents<br />
Introduction<br />
1. History <strong>and</strong> Limitations of Traditional Computing<br />
Parallel Processing<br />
1. What is parallel processing?<br />
2. Why parallel processing?<br />
3. History <strong>and</strong> Existing Tools for Parallel Processing<br />
a. History of Parallel Processing<br />
b. Linda<br />
c. Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM)<br />
d. Message Passing Interface (MPI)<br />
4. Parallel Programming Concepts<br />
a. Symmetric MultiProcessor (SMP)<br />
b. Stateless Machine (SLM)<br />
c. Stateless Parallel Processing (SPP)<br />
d. Tuple Spaces<br />
e. Division of labor (sharing workload between workers)<br />
f. Debugging Parallel Programs<br />
5. Theory <strong>and</strong> Challenges of Parallel Programs <strong>and</strong> Performance Evaluation<br />
a. Temporal Logic<br />
b. Petri Net<br />
c. Amdahl’s Law<br />
d. Gustafson’s Laws<br />
e. Performance Metrics<br />
f. Timing Models<br />
i. Gathering System Performance Data<br />
ii. Gathering Network Performance Data<br />
g. Optimal Load balancing<br />
h. Availability<br />
About <strong>Synergy</strong><br />
1. Introduction to The <strong>Synergy</strong> Project<br />
a. What is <strong>Synergy</strong>?<br />
b. Why <strong>Synergy</strong>?<br />
c. History<br />
2. Major Components <strong>and</strong> Inner Workings of <strong>Synergy</strong><br />
a. What are in <strong>Synergy</strong>? (<strong>Synergy</strong> Kernel with Explanation)<br />
3. Comparisons with Other Systems<br />
a. <strong>Synergy</strong> vs. PVM/MPI<br />
b. <strong>Synergy</strong> vs. Linda<br />
4. Parallel Programming <strong>and</strong> Processing in <strong>Synergy</strong><br />
5. Load Balance <strong>and</strong> Performance Optimization<br />
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