An in-depth analysis of the impact of processor affinity on network performance

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Networks, ICON

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 244-250

  Foong, Annie ^a   Fung, Jason ^a   Newell, Don ^a  

^a INTEL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA CACHES; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; PROCESSOR AFINITY; SYMMETRIC MULTI-PROCESSOR (SMP);

MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SCHEDULING;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 21644458839     PISSN: 15312216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICON.2004.1409136     Document Type: Conference Paper

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