Midway <author>Brian Bershad / bershad@cs.washington.edu, Matt Zekauskas / mattz@cs.cmu.edu, Wayne Sawdon / wsawdon@cs.cmu.edu, Dirk Kalp / kalp@cs.cmu.edu <version> <abstract> Midway is a software-based distributed shared memory system. Distributed shared memory provides the programmer with the illusion of a single virtual address space, which is shared among a network of processors that do not share physical memory. As local memory is updated, the modifications are propagated to the other processors, so that all maintain a consistent view. <description><url>http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/afs/cs/project/midway/WWW/HomePage.html</url> <reference><url>http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/afs/cs/project/midway/WWW/papers.html</url> <contact>Wayne Sawdon / wsawdon@cs.cmu.edu <keywords>virtual shared memory; workstation network; communication library <category>ppt-comm <publication-date> <environment> Midway currently runs on DECstations using Mach 3.0 connected via an ATM network or Ethernet. <method> <application>virtual shared memory for a network of processors <comments> </urc>