Power Series Arch Description Request

[Thomas P. Mitchell]

In article <473 at odin.SGI.COM> mitch at rock.sgi.com (Thomas P. Mitchell) writes:
>>I am interested in getting my hands on a document that will describe
>>the Power Series parallel architecture. 
>
>Here are some pointers:

I forgot to mention that Jim Barton and Chris Wagner
are two key engineers in the design and implementation
of the SGI multi-processing solution.  Their papers
give much insight into their thoughts and the reasons
behind SGI's choices.  


>1)   "UNIX Papers for UNIX Developers and Power Users" see:
>Article 14 Multiprocessor UNIX by Tom Jermoluk (Tom is here
>at SGI.) Edited by Mitchell Waite Howard W. Sams and
>Company ISBN  0-672-22578-6

>2)   Wagner, J.C., and Barton, J.M., "Threads in System V:
>Letting UNIX parallel Process", a work-in-progress paper
>presented in ;login:, USENIX Association, Vol. 12, No. 5,
>September/October 1987.

>4)   Barton, J.M., Wagner, J.C. "Beyond Threads: Resource
>Sharing in UNIX," USENIX Procedings, 1987.
>Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 1965.

 
Thomas P. Mitchell (ARPA:mitch at csd.sgi.com, UUCP:  {decwrl,ucbvax}!sgi!mitch )
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