Author: Robert Henry Durrett
Date: 12:45:55 06/18/02
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On June 18, 2002 at 14:20:48, Dann Corbit wrote: >On June 18, 2002 at 08:21:28, Robert Henry Durrett wrote: >[snip] >>>Message passing (rather than SMP), of course. And I expect that time on ASCII >>>red is a bit steep. >> >>QUESTION: As a USER of chess software, and not a professional software >>developer, I am not exactly up-to-speed on SMP versus "message passing." For my >>benefit, and the benefit of any other non-professionals here, could you please >>explain the essential differences between these two? Also, benefits and >>penalties. Thanks in advance. > >SMP: >http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/node26.html > >Message Passing: >http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/ > >PVM: >http://www.epm.ornl.gov/pvm/pvm_home.html > >Here is a powerpoint presentation that talks about how a message passing system >works: >http://www.astro.su.se/~pawel/hydra/sld001.htm Thanks, very much, Dann. If I "stick around you" long enough I might get to know enough to be actually dangerous! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) Bob D.
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