W-SQL an interface for scalable, highly parallel, database machines
Conference Proceeding
Kerridge, J., Walter, D., & Guiton, R. (1995)
W-SQL an interface for scalable, highly parallel, database machines. In J. Keane, & C. Goble (Eds.), Advances in Databases: 13th British National Conference on Databases, BNCOD 13 Manchester, United Kingdom, July 12–14, 1995 Proceedings. , (263-276). https://doi.org/10.1007/bfb0000552
The goal of any designer building a scalable database machine is to ensure that the interface between the relational processing part of the machine and the storage system is i...
National Lotteries: An Exercise in Parallel Data Management Design
Conference Proceeding
Kerridge, J. M., & North, S. (1995)
National Lotteries: An Exercise in Parallel Data Management Design. In Transputer Applications and Systems ’95, 441
The advent of a National Lottery in the United Kingdom prompted the thought about how one would design a highly parallel system to manage such an activity, especially, as the ...
Benchmarking parallel SQL database machines
Conference Proceeding
Jelly, I., Kerridge, J., & Bates, C. (1994)
Benchmarking parallel SQL database machines. In Directions in Databases 12th British National Conference on Databases, BNCOD 12 Guildford, United Kingdom, July 6–8, 1994 Proceedings, 105-120. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58235-5_38
New parallel database systems are being developed to support the data processing needs of large commercial organisations: these offer increased performance in terms of process...
Dynamic allocation of processes and channels in T9000/C104 networks using occam3
Conference Proceeding
Kerridge, J. (1994)
Dynamic allocation of processes and channels in T9000/C104 networks using occam3. In Progress in Transputer and occam Research: WoTUG-17: Proceedings of the 17th World occam* and Transputer User Group Technical Meeting, 1-17
The hardware of the Inmos T9000 transputer contains a resource channel mechanism which is used to implement a many-to-one client server programming model. This model has also ...
Parameterised Types in occam3(e)
Conference Proceeding
Chutimaskul, W., & Kerridge, J. (1994)
Parameterised Types in occam3(e). In Transputer/Occam: Proceedings of the 6th Transputer and Occam International Conference
Large scale data management and massively parallel architectures in Automatic Fingerprint Recognition
Conference Proceeding
Walter, D., & Kerridge, J. (1994)
Large scale data management and massively parallel architectures in Automatic Fingerprint Recognition. In High-Performance Computing and Networking: International Conference and Exhibition Munich, Germany, April 18–20, 1994 Proceedings, Volume I: Applications, 435-440. https://doi.org/10.1007/bfb0020414
The National Transputer Support Centre is an independent parallel processing consultancy specialising in large scale data management and parallel databases. We were approached...
Dynamic Allocation of Tasks in occam3
Conference Proceeding
Kerridge, J., & Nixon, P. (1994)
Dynamic Allocation of Tasks in occam3. In D. Marini, A. De Gloria, & M. Jane (Eds.), Transputer Applications and Systems '94: Proceedings of the 1994 World Transputer Congress, Cernobbio, Italy, Sept. 5-7, 1994
In many application environments there is a need to able to allocate resources dynamically. The occam programming language has no concept of such dynamic allocation. This pape...
A strategy for semantic integrity enforcement in a parallel database machine
Conference Proceeding
McCarroll, N., & Kerridge, J. (1994)
A strategy for semantic integrity enforcement in a parallel database machine. In Directions in Databases: 12th British National Conference on Databases, BNCOD 12 Guildford, United Kingdom, July 6–8, 1994 Proceedings. , (137-152). https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58235-5_40
Semantic integrity constraints represent knowledge about data with which a relational database must be consistent. To enforce semantic integrity we must ensure that transactio...
Evaluation of high performance parallel database machines
Conference Proceeding
Kerridge, J., Jelly, I., & Bates, C. (1994)
Evaluation of high performance parallel database machines. In U. Harms, & W. Gentzsch (Eds.), High-Performance Computing and Networking International Conference and Exhibition Munich, Germany, April 18–20, 1994 Proceedings, Volume I: Applications. , (424-429). https://doi.org/10.1007/bfb0020412
Many organisations are considering the use of large relational databases to implement their information needs. For large organisations this will result in the implementation o...
An Appreciation of the Subtleties of Shared Channels in occam3
Conference Proceeding
Waithe, S., & Kerridge, J. (1993)
An Appreciation of the Subtleties of Shared Channels in occam3. In Transputer and Occam Research: New Directions, 232-245
By exploiting virtual channels implemented on the INMOS T9000 transputer, occam3 offers the facility of sharing. This allows us to declare a channel as SHARED which then allow...