Chun Pong Yu <pong%csri.toronto.edu@RELAY.CS.NET> (08/26/88)
I am a graduate student at the University of Toronto doing research involving parallel algorithms. In the course of my work, I came across a number of references to the Encore Multimax. As I am trying to familiarize myself with this machine, I would really appreciate any help that the readers of this newsgroup can give me regarding where I can find information on it. Technical details are not needed, just info. on such things as its rough architectural layout, the ``power'' of its processors, the kinds of software that have been written for it, etc. Please email me and if there is sufficient interest, I shall post a summary. Thanks in advance. -------- pong@csri.toronto.edu (CSNET) pong@csri.utoronto (BITNET) pong@csri.toronto.cdn (EAN) ...!mcvax!csri.toronto.edu!pong (UUCP) -- Steve Stevenson fpst@hubcap.clemson.edu (aka D. E. Stevenson), fpst@prism.clemson.csnet Department of Computer Science, comp.parallel Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-1906 (803)656-5880.mabell
fpst@hubcap.UUCP (Steve Stevenson) (08/29/88)
Encore computer corporation have a set of manuals that can help alot
in understanding and programming the Multimax. The best one to start
with, I recommend, would be the "Technical Summary" manual.
Other parallel programming support for the Multimax include:
- Argonne National Labs Macros
They are available in both "C" and Fortran, and support many
parallel constructs. For more information you may contact
rackow@anl-mcs.arpa
- The Force Prallel Programming language
It is a parallel programming language implemented at the top
of Fortran and is portable across many multiprocessors,
Sequent's, Cray's, Alliant's and Flex's computers. It is
being developed at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Contact your Encore sales man or
benten@colorado.edu
or harry@colorado.edu for more information and
possibly the free sources.
- SISAL Prallel programming language
It is a parallel language developed at Colorado State University,
Fort Collins and is portable among many multiprocessors and
Sun networks. I do not have an address of hand but I can
get you one if interested.
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Steve Stevenson fpst@hubcap.clemson.edu
(aka D. E. Stevenson), fpst@prism.clemson.csnet
Department of Computer Science, comp.parallel
Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-1906 (803)656-5880.mabellrfg@nsc.NSC.COM (Ron Guilmette) (08/29/88)
In article <2867@hubcap.UUCP> you write: >I am a graduate student at the University of Toronto doing research involving >parallel algorithms. In the course of my work, I came across a number of >references to the Encore Multimax. As I am trying to familiarize myself with >this machine, I would really appreciate any help that the readers of this >newsgroup can give me regarding where I can find information on it. May I suggest that you try directing a similar request for information to encore!postmaster. I'm sorry I don't have any better names I can give you. Even though we have a MultiMax here in my building, and even though I myself use it occasionally, I don't know a lot about it. I do know that it is a tightly coupled multiprocessor (I.e. shared memory) whic can run either BSD UNIX or System V UNIX (but not both at the same time like the Sequent and Pyramid machines) and that the newer ones use National SemiConductor 32332 CPU chips. The older ones used NS 32032 chips. Ron Guilmette National SemiConductor Internet: rfg@nsc.nsc.com or amdahl!nsc!rfg@ames.arc.nasa.gov Uucp: ...{pyramid,sun,amdahl,apple}!nsc!rfg