An efficient end-host architecture for cluster communication services

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, ICCC

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 83-92

  Qi, Xin ^a   Parmer, Gabriel ^a   West, Richard ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER COMMUNICATION SERVICES; COMMODITY HARDWARE; HIGH-BANDWIDTH COMMUNICATION; USER-SPACE COMMUNICATION METHODS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING;

HARDWARE;

EID: 20444484812     PISSN: 15525244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CLUSTR.2004.1392605     Document Type: Conference Paper

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