Patent
1992-11-30
1998-11-03
Bowler, Alyssa H.
39580001, 395672, G06F 1516
Patent
active
058322612
ABSTRACT:
In a parallel data processing control system for a parallel computer system having a plurality of computers and an adapter device connecting the computers to each other, a first unit, which is provided in the adapter device, transfers pieces of data processing progress state information to the computers. The pieces of the data processing progress state information respectively indicate data processing progress states of the computers. A second unit, which is provided in each of the computers, holds the pieces of the data processing progress state information. A third unit, which is provided in each of the computers, holds management information indicating a group of computers which share a data process. A fourth unit, which is provided in each of the computers, determines whether or not the computers in the group have completed the data process on the basis of the pieces of the data processing progress state information and the management information.
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Ikeda Masayuki
Ishizaka Ken-ichi
Katori Masayuki
Komatsuda Hiroshi
Nagasawa Shigeru
Bowler Alyssa H.
Davis Jr. Walter D.
Fujitsu Limited
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