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An ultra-multiprocessing machine architecture for efficient parallel execution of functional languages

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Concurrency: Theory, Language, and Architecture (CONCURRENCY 1989)

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In the execution of a functional program, a large number of function instances are dynamically created, and these created function instances are executed as fine grain concurrent processes. In order to implement massively parallel execution of such fine grain concurrent processes, ultra-multiprocessing mechanism must be designed in parallel machine architecture.

This paper proposes a machine architecture for massively parallel execution of functional programs. The machine performs parallel execution along a multithread control flow, which is called datarol. First, the datarol concept is discussed in comparison with the dataflow model. Next, a method to extract datarol program from a functional program is described through a dependency analysis. Then, a datarol machine architecture is described. The datarol processor offers a parallel execution mechanism for ultra-multiprocessing based on the continuation-based execution control mechanism. Finally, the evaluation of the datarol architecture is shown.

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  1. Department of Information Systems Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasugakoen Kasuga-shi, 816, Fukuoka, Japan

    Makoto Amamiya & Rin-ichiro Taniguchi

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Amamiya, M., Taniguchi, Ri. (1991). An ultra-multiprocessing machine architecture for efficient parallel execution of functional languages. In: Yonezawa, A., Ito, T. (eds) Concurrency: Theory, Language, and Architecture. CONCURRENCY 1989. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 491. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-53932-8_55

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