Optimizing the synchronization operations in message passing interface one-sided communication

International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 119-128

  Thakur, Rajeev ^a   Gropp, William ^a   Toonen, Brian ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

MPI; One sided communication; Remote memory access; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DATA TRANSFER; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); OPTIMIZATION; SEMANTICS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

FENCE SYNCHRONIZATION; LOCK-UNLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION; MESSAGE PASSING INTERFACE (MPI); ONE SIDED COMMUNICATION; REMOTE MEMORY ACCESS;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 19644373164     PISSN: 10943420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094342005054258     Document Type: Article

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