An assessment of Beowulf-class computing for NASA requirements: Initial findings from the first NASA workshop on Beowulf-class clustered computing

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue , 1998, Pages 367-381

  Sterling, Thomas ^a   Becker, Don ^b   Warren, Mike ^d   Cwik, Tom ^a   Salmon, John ^c   Nitzberg, Elill ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SPACE RESEARCH; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

BEOWULF CLASS COMPUTING; SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031638992     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.1998.682207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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