Ada and cc-NUMA architectures what can be achieved with Ada 2005?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Ada and cc-NUMA architectures what can be achieved with Ada 2005?

AU - Wellings, A. J.

AU - Malik, A. H.

AU - Audsley, N. C.

AU - Burns, A.

PY - 2010

Y1 - 2010

N2 - Real-time systems are finding it difficult to make the shift from single processor systems to multiprocessors because of the lack of support from programming platforms for multiprocessors. Although, Ada provides some support for SMPs, it's goal is to hide the complexity of the architectures so that the programmers are not distracted by low-level architectural issues. This paper argues that programmer should be given enough visibility to use the underlying architecture predictably and efficiently. We focus on the issue of memory management and memory accesses on a cc-NUMA architecture. A cc-NUMA architecture is chosen, as we believe it to be more scalable than SMP systems.

AB - Real-time systems are finding it difficult to make the shift from single processor systems to multiprocessors because of the lack of support from programming platforms for multiprocessors. Although, Ada provides some support for SMPs, it's goal is to hide the complexity of the architectures so that the programmers are not distracted by low-level architectural issues. This paper argues that programmer should be given enough visibility to use the underlying architecture predictably and efficiently. We focus on the issue of memory management and memory accesses on a cc-NUMA architecture. A cc-NUMA architecture is chosen, as we believe it to be more scalable than SMP systems.

U2 - 10.1145/1806546.1806560

DO - 10.1145/1806546.1806560

M3 - Article

SN - 1094-3641

VL - 30

SP - 125

EP - 134

JO - ACM Ada Letters

JF - ACM Ada Letters

IS - 1

ER -