Using the VI architecture to build distributed, multithreaded runtime systems: A case study

Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 704-709

  Bouge L ^a   Mehaut J F ^a   Namyst, R ^a   Prylli, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

High performance communications; Madeleine; Multi threading; PM2; VI architecture

Indexed keywords

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMMUNICATION; HIGH-PERFORMANCE NETWORKING; MADELEINE; MULTI-THREADING; PM2; PROGRAMMING INTERFACE; SYSTEM AREA NETWORKS; VIRTUAL INTERFACE ARCHITECTURE;

ARCHITECTURE;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 0008763361     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/338407.338547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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