Efficient parallel processing on low-cost clusters with GAMMA active ports

Parallel Computing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 333-354

  Chiola, G ^a   Ciaccio, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIENT SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MULTICASTING; SUBROUTINES;

ETHERNET; SOFTWARE PACKAGE LINUX;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033895943     PISSN: 01678191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8191(99)00108-8     Document Type: Article

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