An evaluation of Java's I/O capabilities for high-performance computing

ACM 2000 Java Grande Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 26-35

  Dickens, Phillip M ^a   Thakur, Rajeev ^b  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROGRAM COMPILERS;

HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

EID: 0034593365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/337449.337462     Document Type: Conference Paper

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