TI MARC: MApping Routing and Configuring System 

LT 90-010 

YR 1990 

AU Jacques E. Boillat 

AU Peter G. Kropf 

AV ftp iam.unibe.ch:TechReports1990iam-90-010.ps.Z 

AB The successful use of parallel architectures depends heavily
on suitable development tools and runtime environments. The
purpose of the MARC system is to provide the user of parallel
distributed memory machines with tools for the efficient use of
such architectures.  The system analyses the structure of
parallel programs and the structure of the available parallel
architecture in order to produce a load balanced and
communication optimized executable program. It includes a new
method for load balancing and communication optimized process
distribution onto arbitrary (network) topologies as well as
efficient and secure routing strategies. A sophisticated
performance analyser provides the system with the necessary load
and communication cost information. The MARC system, realized so
far for the language occam and Transputer networks, aims towards
a true distributed operating system and development environment
for parallel (MIMD) architectures.