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Distributed shared memory systems provide an easy-to-program parallel environment, to harness the available computing power of PC networks. We present a layered architecture that allows a portable, scalable, and low-cost implementation that runs on Linux and Windows. Only a few, low-level, modules are operating-system dependent; synchronization, distributed memory and consistency management, as well as multithreading are mostly independent. Preliminary results are encouraging; the Linux port performed well, showing high efficiency.
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Meza, F., Campos, A.E., Ruz, C. (2003). On the Design and Implementation of a Portable DSM System for Low-Cost Multicomputers. In: Kumar, V., Gavrilova, M.L., Tan, C.J.K., L’Ecuyer, P. (eds) Computational Science and Its Applications — ICCSA 2003. ICCSA 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2667. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44839-X_102
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