Abstract
A description is given of the general architecture of a data-control (D-C) flow system and of a key special function processor within this system, the special function unit for database operations (SFU-DB). The D-C flow system is highly parallel database machine for supporting very large database applications. The main features of this system are: 1) the use of a parallel query-processing strategy that combines several existing query-processing techniques; 2) the use of a vertical data-fragmentation strategy that increases the degree of concurrency in I/O and data processing in addition to reducing the amount of data to be transferred among processing nodes, and 3) the use of special function processors, which are implementable as VLSI chips, for efficient execution of primitive operations.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Processing |
Editors | Sartaj K. Sahni |
Publisher | Pennsylvania State Univ Press |
Pages | 330-339 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Print) | 0271006080 |
Publication status | Published - 1987 Dec 1 |
Event | Proc Int Conf Parallel Process 1987 - Universal Park, PA, USA Duration: 1987 Aug 17 → 1987 Aug 21 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Processing |
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ISSN (Print) | 0190-3918 |
Other
Other | Proc Int Conf Parallel Process 1987 |
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City | Universal Park, PA, USA |
Period | 87-08-17 → 87-08-21 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Hardware and Architecture