Abstract
This paper reports on our experience in writing a parallel version of a chaos router simulator using the new data-driven parallel language ZPL. The simulator is a large program that tests the capabilities of ZPL. The (parallel) ZPL program is compared with the existing serial implementation on two very different architectures: a 16-processor Intel Paragon and a cluster of eight Alpha workstations. On the Paragon, the simulator performs best when simulating medium- to large-sized routers, and on the Alpha cluster, it performs best when simulating large routers. Thus a user can choose the parallel platform best suited to the router size.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 809-816 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1996 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1996 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC'96 - Coronado, CA, USA Duration: Dec 8 1996 → Dec 11 1996 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Modeling and Simulation
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
- Chemical Health and Safety
- Applied Mathematics