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I'd like to use python's multiprocessing module to utilize a multi-core Linux server.

I need all processes to have read/write access to the same shared memory.

Instead of using a list or a queue, is it possible to have a multi-dimentional numpy array as the shared object?

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Look at this. I doesn't seem easy, but it's doable.

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thank you. looks like a good start. – user3262424 Jul 5 '11 at 15:22
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I think I know what you're looking for: https://bitbucket.org/cleemesser/numpy-sharedmem/issue/3/casting-complex-ndarray-to-float-in

There's a short description on the web page saying: A shared memory module for numpy by Sturla Molden and G. Varoquaux that makes it easy to share memory between processes in the form of NumPy arrays. Originally posted to SciPy-user mailing list.

I, myself am using it just that way. Sharing NumPy arrays between processes. Works very well for me.

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