PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH PROCESS MIGRATION

Y09-91-047 PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH PROCESS MIGRATION A parallel processing system having at least first and second processors, main memory, and local memories for each processor. Each memory contains processes stored in a plurality of data word locations. Each process comprises map data and one or more units of operating data. The map data comprises processor identifier data and invocation availability data. The address of the map data of a process has a standard relationship to the addresses of all of the operating data of the processes. Each processor comprises means for addressing map data of a process each time a data word location in that process is addressed.