| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/K30773/01 |
| Title: |
A VIRTUAL MULTICOMPUTER |
| Principal Investigator: |
De Roure, Professor D |
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| Department: |
Electronics and Computer Science |
| Organisation: |
University of Southampton |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 May 1995 |
Ends: |
31 October 1998 |
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122,776
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The aim of this project is to construct a virtual multicomputer in order to support the prototyping, development and tuning of distributed applications. A [physical] multicomputer is a number of interconnected heterogeneous computing systems - workstations, shared or distributed memory multiprocessors, array processors - using whatever resources are available. A virtual muliticomputer is a computing system providing as many instances of the virtual abstractions of these resources as the problem requires - it is a soft architecture to support future distributed applications, transcending physical hardware details. Using the outputs from our past projects [GR/F63183 and GR/G31048] and the expertise of the partners in distributed programming and concurrent language design and implementation, this timely project will construct tools for the support and performance analysis of a virtual multicomputer and the development and tuning of applications for it.
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http://www.soton.ac.uk |