MPI-LAPI: An efficient implementation of MPI for IBM RS/6000 SP systems

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1081-1093

  Banikazemi, Mohammad ^a   Govindaraju, Rama K ^b   Blackmore, Robert ^b   Panda, Dhabaleswar K ^c  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering; Fast messaging layers; Interprocessor communication; Message passing interface (mpi); Networks of workstations

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION; HIGH-PERFORMANCE MACHINES; INTER PROCESSOR COMMUNICATION; LOW LEVEL; MESSAGE PASSING INTERFACE STANDARDS; NAS PARALLEL BENCHMARKS; NETWORKS OF WORKSTATIONS; SYSTEMS SUPPORT;

STANDARDS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

MESSAGE PASSING;

EID: 1142294667     PISSN: 10459219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/71.963419     Document Type: Article

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