Undergraduate Parallel Processing Laboratory

本计划将建立一个并行处理实验室，为本科生提供在并行环境中编程的实践经验，并通过实现和实验增加他们对并行计算理论方面的理解。创建项目是为了让学生了解诸如并行进程的协调和同步、资源管理、负载平衡以及各种体系结构模型和算法技术的相关成本和权衡等问题。该实验室将由一个基于转发器的多用户并行处理系统组成。该系统将由连接到6台个人电脑的64个转发器组成。基于转发器的系统将允许研究各种体系结构拓扑，因为转发器的互连结构可以配置为实现诸如环、网格、树、环面和HyperCubes等网络。OCCAM是一种专门为计算机设计的并行编程语言，学生将利用它来完成课程项目。此外，C编程语言也可用于独立学习和本科生研究机会。

This project will establish a parallel processing laboratory to provide undergraduate students with the hands-on experience of programming in a parallel environment and to increase their understanding of the theoretical aspects of parallel computing through implementation and experimentation. Projects are being created to expose the students to such issues as the coordination and synchronization of parallel processes, resource management, load balancing, and the related costs and tradeoffs of various architectural models and algorithmic techniques. The laboratory will consist of a transputer-based, multi-user parallel processing system. This system will be comprised of 64 transputers connected to six PCs. A transputer-based system will permit the various architectural topologies to be studied, since the interconnection structure of the transputers can be configured to implement networks such as rings, meshes, trees, toroids, and HyperCubes. OCCAM, a parallel-programming language designed specifically for use with transputers, will be utilized by the students to implement course projects. In addition, the C programming language will also be available for use in independent studies and undergraduate research opportunities.