Evaluating the Benefits of Communication Coprocessors

Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 236-256

  Scheiman, Chris J ^a   Schauser, Klaus E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Santa Barbara   (United States)

Author keywords

Active Messages; Cluster computing; Communication coprocessors; Parallel processing; Split C

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008016624     PISSN: 07437315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jpdc.1998.1528     Document Type: Article

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