Architectural Convergence and The Granularity of Objects in Distributed Systems

摘要: Recent dramatic speedups in processor speeds have not been matched by comparable reductions communication latencies, either MIMD systems designed for parallel computation or workstation networks. A consequence is that these two classes of concurrent architectures are becoming more alike. This architectural convergence affecting the software techniques and programming styles used: distinctions beginning to fade all looking increasingly “distributed.” We discuss trends from standpoint providing a single, uniform object-based abstraction accommodates both large small objects.