Fig. 4.3.4 An MPP—massively parallel processor.The form of parallelization seen in Fig. 4.3.4 is called the “massively parallel processing”
(MPP) approach to the management of data. In the MPP form of parallelization, each
processor controls its own data (as is the case where the Roman census approach is
used.) But in the MPP approach, there is a tight coordination of processing across the
nodes. The tight control of the nodes can be accomplished by the fact that before the data
are loaded, they are parsed and defined to fit the MPP data structure. Fig. 4.3.5 shows
the parsing and fitting of the data to the MPP structure.
Chapter 4.3: Parallel Processing