NHSE Software Catalog

Midway

author

Brian Bershad / bershad@cs.washington.edu, Matt Zekauskas / mattz@cs.cmu.edu, Wayne Sawdon / wsawdon@cs.cmu.edu, Dirk Kalp / kalp@cs.cmu.edu

abstract

Midway is a software-based distributed shared memory system.
Distributed shared memory provides the programmer with the illusion of
a single virtual address space, which is shared among a network of
processors that do not share physical memory. As local memory is
updated, the modifications are propagated to the other processors, so
that all maintain a consistent view.

description

http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/afs/cs/project/midway/WWW/HomePage.html

reference

http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/afs/cs/project/midway/WWW/papers.html

contact

Wayne Sawdon / wsawdon@cs.cmu.edu

keywords

virtual shared memory; workstation network; communication library

environment

Midway currently runs on DECstations using Mach 3.0 connected via an ATM
network or Ethernet.

application

virtual shared memory for a network of processors