PVM_INTRO(1PVM)

NAME
PVM - Parallel Virtual Machine System Version 3

DESCRIPTION
PVM is a software system that enables a collection of heterogeneous computers to be used as a coherent and flexible concurrent computational resource. The individual computers may be shared- or local-memory multiprocessors, vector supercomputers, specialized graphics engines, or scalar workstations, that may be interconnected by a variety of networks, such as ethernet, FDDI. User programs written in C, C++ or Fortran access PVM through library routines (libpvm3.a and libfpvm3.a). Daemon programs (pvmd3) provide communication and process control between computers.

MACHINE ARCHITECTURE
In the PVM system, machines are assigned a short string to identify their architectures (this includes operating system type as well as CPU type). The types currently predefined in the distribution are:
    AFX8
        Alliant FX/8
    ALPHA
        DEC Alpha/OSF-1
    BAL Sequent Balance
    BFLY
        BBN Butterfly TC2000
    BSD386
        80[34]86 running BSDI or BSD386
    CNVX
        Convex using IEEE floating-point
    CNVXN
        Convex using native f.p.
    CM2 Thinking Machines CM-2 Sun front
    CM5 Thinking Machines CM-5
    CRAY
        Cray
    CRAY2
        Cray-2
    CRAYSMP
        Cray S-MP
    DGAV
        Data General Aviion
    E88K
        Encore 88000
    HP300
        HP 9000 68000 cpu
    HPPA
        HP 9000 PA-Risc
    KSR1
        Kendall Square
    I860
        Intel RX Hypercube
    IPSC2
        Intel IPSC/2
    LINUX
        80[34]86 running Linux
    MIPS
        Mips
    NEXT
        NeXT
    PGON
        Intel Paragon
    PMAX
        DEC/Mips arch (3100, 5000, etc.)
    RS6K
        IBM/RS6000
    RT  IBM/RT
    SGI Silicon Graphics IRIS
    SUN3
        Sun 3
    SUN4
        Sun 4, 4c, sparc, etc.
    SUN4SOL2
        Sun 4 running Solaris
    SYMM
        Sequent Symmetry
    TITN
        Stardent Titan
    UVAX
        DEC/Microvax
    VCM2
        Thinking Machines CM-2 Vax front

SEE ALSO
pvm(1PVM), pvmd3(1PVM), PVM 3.2 User's Guide and Reference Manual

AUTHORS
A. L. Beguelin [4,5], J. J. Dongarra [1,2], G. A. Geist [2], W. C. Jiang [1], R. J. Manchek [1], B. K. Moore [1], V. S. Sunderam [3] 1. University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN.
2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge TN.
3. Emory University, Atlanta GA.
4. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
5. Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center, Pittsburgh PA