Deterministic Computations on a PRAM with Static Processor and Memory Faults
- Bogdan S. Chlebus(corresponding author),
- Leszek Ga̧sieniec,
- Andrzej Pelc
- University of Colorado Denver,
- University of Warsaw,
- University of Liverpool,
- Université du Québec en Outaouais
Abstract
We consider Parallel Random Access Machine (PRAM) which has some processors and memory cells faulty. The faults considered are static, i.e., once the machine starts to operate, the operational/faulty status of PRAM components does not change. We develop a deterministic simulation of a fully operational PRAM on a similar faulty machine which has constant fractions of faults among processors and memory cells. The simulating PRAM has n processors and m memory cells, and simulates a PRAM with n processors and a constant fraction of m memory cells. The simulation is in two phases: it starts with preprocessing, which is followed by the simulation proper performed in a step-by-step fashion. Preprocessing is performed in time script O sign ( ( m/n + log n) log n). The slowdown of a step-by-step part of the simulation is script O sign (log m).
Publication Information
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Original language
English (US)Pages from-to (Number of pages)
Pages 285-306 (22 pages)Journal (Volume, Issue Number)
Fundamenta Informaticae (Volume 55, Issue 3-4)Publication milestones
- Published - 06/2003
Publication status
ISSN
0169-2968Publication IDs
- Scopus: 0141605852
