DOOM Operating System

Developed by:
Phillips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, NL Wim Bronnenberg and Eddy Odijk

Short Description:
DOOM is an dezentralized object-oriented machine and operating system. The main target of the DOOM OS is the efficient execution of POOL programs on the DOOM architecture. This task consists of a number of related aspects, such as resource management, pro cess management and communication handling. An interesting feature is the garbage collection which is an on-the-fly mark and sweep algorithm.

Model: multiprocessor, object-oriented, fully integrated, homogeneous, tightly- coupled
Properties: object-oriented, load balancing, point-to-point, synchronous message passing
Transparency: location, access
Running on: DOOM Multiprocessor Architecture
Date: 01.01.88 Ð ?

References:
Wim Bronnenberg and Eddy Odijk: "DOOM: An Object-Oriented Approach to Parallel Computing". St. Petersberg, FL Third International Conference on Supercomputing (ICS '88), Proceeding Supercomputing '88: Technology Assessment, Industrial Supercomputer Outloo ks, European Supercomputing Accomplishments, and Performance & Computations, Vol. 2, pp.271-281.
Wim Bronnenberg, Eddy Odijk, M. Rem and J. -C. Syre: "POOL and DOOM". Eindhoven, The Netherlands 1989 Springer-Verlag, PARLE '89 Parallel Architectures and Languages Europe Vol I: Parallel Architectures & Vol. II: Parallel Languages,Vol. 365 & 366, Lectur e Notes in Computer Science, June 1989.

J. K. Annot: "A Deadlock Free and Starvation Free Network of Packet Switching Communication Processors", Parallel Computing, Vol. 9, No. 2, January 1989, pp. 147-162 W. Dann and G. Dohmen: "Specifying Distributed Computer Architectures an AADL", Parallel Computing, Vol. 9, No. 2, January 1989, pp. 193-211.