cchase@uunet.UU.NET (Craig Chase) (12/20/90)
Release 1.0 of the Paragon environment for distributed-memory multicomputers is now available for ftp access from tesla.ee.cornell.edu What is Paragon? Paragon is a collection of data-parallel program constructs implemented in C++. Paragon is intended to be a research vehicle for investigating issues for parallel execution of large-scale scientific programs. We use it to develop and evaluate parallel programming constructs and techniques. We also use it in the Parallel Processing course at Cornell to demonstrate the data-parallel programming paradigm. What does it run on? There are two versions of the Paragon library. The uniprocessor version should run on any machine with a working C++ compiler. It is known to work on Sun workstations with either AT&T's Cfront 2.0 compiler or GNU's g++ 1.37.1. The uniprocessor version has also been tested on IBM RT, RS 6000 and 3090 machines. The multiprocessor version should run on the Intel iPSC/2 hypercube and any machine which supports the Intel simulator. We have tested the multiprocesssor version on Sun workstations, an IBM 3090 (with AIX) and an Encore Multimax, among others. How do I get it? The paragon release is provided in three tar files. The complete distribution is available on tesla.ee.cornell.edu in: pub/paragon/paragon-1.0.tar.Z If you're just interested in some reading material, the LaTeX source and raw postscript for the Paragon User's Guide is available in pub/paragon/uguide.tar.Z If you're just interested in the serial version, get pub/paragon/uniproc.tar.Z Please send all comments, suggestions, bug reports, and complaints to paragon@ee.cornell.edu -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Craig Chase | This space for rent | | cchase@ee.cornell.edu | 555-8968 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------