Understanding performance of SMP clusters running MPI programs

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 711-720

  Cappello, Franck ^a   Richard, Olivier ^a   Etiemble, Daniel ^a  

^a Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Sciences du Numérique   (France)

Author keywords

Clusters of multiprocessors; MPI programs; SMP clusters

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER); TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

HYBRID MEMORY MODELS; SINGLE MEMORY MODELS (SMM);

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035312315     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-739X(00)00054-6     Document Type: Article

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