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Name:       PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine)
From:       Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Works w/on: Heterogeneous computers
Languages:  C and Fortran
Avail at:   netlib2.cs.utk.edu:pvm3
Contact:    pvm@msr.epm.ornl.gov
Desc.:      A software system that enables a collection of heterogeneous
            computers to be used in parallel. It includes libraries of
            user-callable functions and a daemon program which coordi-
            nates inter-machine activity.
 
Name:       p4 (Portable Programs for Parallel Processors)
From:       Argonne National Laboratory
Works w/on: Heterogeneous computers
Languages:  C and Fortran
Avail at:   netlib2.cs.utk.edu:p4, info.mcs.anl.gov:pub/p4
Contact:    lusk@mcs.anl.gov or rbutler@sinkhole.unf.edu
Desc.:      Like PVM with somewhat better communication performance.
            Supports a wider variety of systems than PVM.
 
Name:       CHIMP (Common High-level Interface to Message Passing)
From:       The University of Edinburg
Works w/on: Heterogeneous computers
Languages:  C and Fortran
Avail at:   ftp.epcc.ed.ac.uk:pub/chimp
Contact:    epcc-support@uk.aac.ed
Desc.:      Like PVM and p4.
 
Name:       POSYBL (Programming System for Distributed Applications)
From:       University of Crete
Works w/on: Heterogeneous computers
Languages:  C
Avail at:   nic.funet.fi:pub/unix/parallel
Contact:    sxoinas@csd.uch.gr or sxoinas@csi.forth.gr
Desc.:      Simple implementation of Linda like system. The system
            consists of a daemon, that runs on every workstation in
            a cluster, and a C-library of Linda like operations.
 
Name:       p4-Linda
From:       Argonne National Laboratory, University of North Florida
Works w/on: p4
Languages:  C
Avail at:   info.mcs.anl.gov:pub/p4
Contact:    lusk@mcs.anl.gov, rbutler@sinkhole.unf.edu
Desc.:      An implementation of the Linda programming model.
            Uses both shared-memory and distributed-memory
            for the underlying hardware.
 
Name:       MPI (Message-Passing Interface)
From:       Argonne National Laboratory (CRPC)
Works w/on: Chameleon
Languages:  C and Fortran
Avail at:   emory.mathcs.emory.edu:pub/mpi, netlib2.cs.utk.edu:mpi
Contact:    gropp@mcs.anl.gov and Erwing Lusk
Desc.:      A test implementation of a draft standard for message-
            passing software.
 
Name:       BlockComm
From:       Argonne National Laboratory
Works w/on: ?
Languages:  ?
Avail at:   ?
Contact:    gropp@mcs.anl.gov
Desc.:      A communication library which allows users to avoid
            explicit construction of messages when the messages
            consist of matrix subblocks.
 
Name:       Chameleon
From:       Argonne National Laboratory, University of Calif., LA
Works w/on: p4, PICL, PVM, vendor-specific implementations
Languages:  C and Fortran
Avail at:   info.mcs.anl.gov:pub/pdetools
Contact:    gropp@mcs.anl.gov, bsmith@math.ucla.edu
Desc.:      A second generation message-passing system for distri-
            buted memory parallel computers. It provides a stable
            interface to p4 or PVM and provides a wide variety  of
            debugging information. A production library that imposes
            no overhead is also provided.
 
Name:       PICL
From:       Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Works w/on: Variety of multiprocessors (and workstations?).
Languages:  C (and FORTRAN-to-C interface routines)
Avail at:   netlib2.cs.utk.edu:picl
Contact:    worley@msr.epm.ornl.gov
Desc.:      A subroutine library that implements a generic message-
            passing interface for a variety of multiprocessors. It
            also provides time stamped trace data, if requested.
 
Name:       TCGMSG
From:       Argonne National Laboratory
Works w/on: Heterogeneous computers
Languages:  C and Fortran
Avail at:   ftp.tcg.anl.gov:pub/tcgmsg
Contact:    rj_harrison@pnl.gov
Desc.:      Like PVM and p4. Comes with set of example 'chemistry'
            applications. Predecessor to p4.
 
Name:       I2PVM (Intel to PVM)
From:       NASA
Works w/on: PVM
Languages:  Fortran
Avail at:   sunkj.larc.nasa.gov:pub/Intel-PVM3
Contact:    j.j.arthur@larc.nasa.gov
Desc.:      A library that allows SPMD codes which run on Intel
            message passing computers to run in a PVM environment.