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Adam — An abstract dataflow machine and its transputer implementation

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Distributed Memory Computing (EDMCC 1991)

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This paper describes the design of the Adam Abstract Dataflow Machine. This abstract machine has a hybrid distributed-memory architecture combining features from conventional register machines and from dataflow computers. The Adam processor has a conventional instruction set augmented by primitives for the creation and synchronization of parallel tasks. Memory units on each Adam module are responsible for the management of non-strict data structures. A prototype implementation of the concept on a multi-transputer system shows promising speed-ups.

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  1. Research Institute for Symbolic Computation (RISC-Linz), Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

    Wolfgang Schreiner

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Schreiner, W. (1991). Adam — An abstract dataflow machine and its transputer implementation. In: Bode, A. (eds) Distributed Memory Computing. EDMCC 1991. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 487. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0032955

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