Why are PVM and MPI so different?

William D Gropp; Ewing Lusk

doi:10.1007/3-540-63697-8_63

Why are PVM and MPI so different?

William D Gropp
, Ewing Lusk

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

PVM and MPI are often compared. These comparisons usually start with the unspoken assumption that PVM and MPI represent different solutions to the same problem. In this paper we show that, in fact, the two systems often are solving different problems. In cases where the problems do match but the solutions chosen by PVM and MPI are different, we explain the reasons for the differences. Usually such differences can be traced to explicit differences in the goals of the two systems, their origins, or the relationship between their specifications and their implementations.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface - 4th European PVM/MPI Users Group Meeting, Proceedings
Editors	Marian Bubak, Jack Dongarra, Jerzy Wasniewśki
Publisher	Springer
Pages	3-10
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	3540636978, 9783540636977
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63697-8_63
State	Published - 1997
Externally published	Yes
Event	4th European Conference on Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface, PVM/MPI 1997 - Cracow, Poland Duration: Nov 3 1997 → Nov 5 1997

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	1332
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Other

Other	4th European Conference on Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface, PVM/MPI 1997
Country/Territory	Poland
City	Cracow
Period	11/3/97 → 11/5/97

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

Online availability

10.1007/3-540-63697-8_63

Library availability

Discover UIUC Full Text

Cite this

Gropp, W. D., & Lusk, E. (1997). Why are PVM and MPI so different? In M. Bubak, J. Dongarra, & J. Wasniewśki (Eds.), Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface - 4th European PVM/MPI Users Group Meeting, Proceedings (pp. 3-10). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 1332). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63697-8_63

Why are PVM and MPI so different? / Gropp, William D; Lusk, Ewing.
Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface - 4th European PVM/MPI Users Group Meeting, Proceedings. ed. / Marian Bubak; Jack Dongarra; Jerzy Wasniewśki. Springer, 1997. p. 3-10 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 1332).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Gropp, WD & Lusk, E 1997, Why are PVM and MPI so different? in M Bubak, J Dongarra & J Wasniewśki (eds), Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface - 4th European PVM/MPI Users Group Meeting, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 1332, Springer, pp. 3-10, 4th European Conference on Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface, PVM/MPI 1997, Cracow, Poland, 11/3/97. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63697-8_63

Gropp WD, Lusk E. Why are PVM and MPI so different? In Bubak M, Dongarra J, Wasniewśki J, editors, Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface - 4th European PVM/MPI Users Group Meeting, Proceedings. Springer. 1997. p. 3-10. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/3-540-63697-8_63

Gropp, William D ; Lusk, Ewing. / Why are PVM and MPI so different?. Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface - 4th European PVM/MPI Users Group Meeting, Proceedings. editor / Marian Bubak ; Jack Dongarra ; Jerzy Wasniewśki. Springer, 1997. pp. 3-10 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

@inproceedings{057aa4d9c6354f7c912c026018556c2c,

title = "Why are PVM and MPI so different?",

abstract = "PVM and MPI are often compared. These comparisons usually start with the unspoken assumption that PVM and MPI represent different solutions to the same problem. In this paper we show that, in fact, the two systems often are solving different problems. In cases where the problems do match but the solutions chosen by PVM and MPI are different, we explain the reasons for the differences. Usually such differences can be traced to explicit differences in the goals of the two systems, their origins, or the relationship between their specifications and their implementations.",

author = "Gropp, \{William D\} and Ewing Lusk",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997.; 4th European Conference on Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface, PVM/MPI 1997 ; Conference date: 03-11-1997 Through 05-11-1997",

year = "1997",

doi = "10.1007/3-540-63697-8\_63",

language = "English (US)",

isbn = "3540636978",

series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",

publisher = "Springer",

pages = "3--10",

editor = "Marian Bubak and Jack Dongarra and Jerzy Wasniew{\'s}ki",

booktitle = "Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface - 4th European PVM/MPI Users Group Meeting, Proceedings",