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GAMMA - A High Performance Dataflow Database Machine

Summary: Gamma, a high-performance dataflow database machine. A 20-node VAX 11/750 prototype demonstrates parallel dataflow query processing with hashing-based algorithms and pipelined inter-process data to minimize control overhead. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
h9209a81b627172bc
Venue
VLDB
Year
1986
Pagerank
0.00040499302
Overall Rank
54 | 99.64%
DOI
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BibTeX Citation

@article{dewitt_vldb86,
        title = {{GAMMA - A High Performance Dataflow Database Machine}},
        author = {DeWitt, David J. and Graefe, Goetz and Kumar, Krishna B. and Gerber, Robert H. and Heytens, Michael L. and Muralikrishna, M.},
        journal = {PVLDB},
        series = {{VLDB} '86},
        volume = {12},
        pages = {228--237},
        year = {1986}
}

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46 Benchmarking Database Systems: A Systematic Approach 1983 VLDB 0.00044784799
82 Hashing Methods and Relational Algebra Operations 1984 VLDB 0.00036053776
156 Multiprocessor Hash-Based Join Algorithms 1985 VLDB 0.00028522117
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