The virtual interface architecture

IEEE Micro

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 66-75

  Dunning, Dave ^a   Regnier, Greg ^a   McAlpine, Gary ^a   Cameron, Don ^a   Shubert, Bill ^a   Berry, Frank ^a   Merritt, Anne Marie ^a   Gronke, Ed ^a   Dodd, Chris ^a  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER HARDWARE; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL STORAGE;

VIRTUAL INTERFACE ARCHITECTURE (VIA);

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 0032021628     PISSN: 02721732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/40.671404     Document Type: Article

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