Analysis of a prototype intelligent network interface

Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience

Volumn 15, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 751-777

  Underwood, Keith D ^a   Ligon III, Walter B ^a   Sass, Ron R ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beowulf; Cluster computing; Intelligent network interface; Programmable NIC

Indexed keywords

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

CLUSTER COMPUTING;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

EID: 0037986587     PISSN: 15320626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpe.720     Document Type: Conference Paper

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