By B. D. Lubachevsky
Communications of the ACM,
February 1989,
Vol. 32 No. 1, Pages 111-123
10.1145/63238.63247
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Simulating asynchronous multiple-loop networks is commonly considered a difficult task for parallel programming. Two examples of asynchronous multiple-loop networks are presented in this article: a stylized queuing system and an Ising model. In both cases, the network is an n × n grid on a torus and includes at least an order of n2 feedback loops. A new distributed simulation algorithm is demonstrated on these two examples. The algorithm combines three elements: (1) the bounded lag restriction; (2) minimum propagation delays; and (3) the so-called opaque periods. We prove that if N processing elements (PEs) execute the algorithm in parallel and the simulated system exhibits sufficient density of events, then, on average, processing one event would require O(log N) instructions of one PE. Experiments on a shared memory MIMD bus computer (Sequent's Balance) and on a SIMD computer (Connection Machine) show speed-ups greater than 16 on 25 PEs of a Balance and greater than1900 on 214 PEs of a Connection Machine.
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