Actor model implementation

In computer science, Actor model implementation concerns implementation issues for the Actor model. The Cosmic Cube was developed by Chuck Seitz et al. at Caltech providing architectural support for Actor systems. A significant difference between the Cosmic Cube and most other parallel processors is that this multiple instruction multiple-data machine uses message passing instead of shared variables for communication between concurrent processes.... More

In computer science, Actor model implementation concerns implementation issues for the Actor model. The Cosmic Cube was developed by Chuck Seitz et al. at Caltech providing architectural support for Actor systems. A significant difference between the Cosmic Cube and most other parallel processors is that this multiple instruction multiple-data machine uses message passing instead of shared variables for communication between concurrent processes. This computational model is reflected in the hardware structure and operating system, and is also the explicit message passing communication seen by the programmer. According to Seitz [1985]: The J–Machine was developed by Bill Dally et al. at MIT providing architectural support suitable for Actors. This included the following: Concurrent Smalltalk (which can be modeled using Actors) was developed to program the J Machine. Hewitt [2006] presented a prototype Actor programming language in the sense that it directly expresses important aspects...

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