In-kernel integration of operating system and infiniband functions for high performance computing clusters: A DSM example

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 830-840

  Liss, Liran ^a   Birk, Yitzhak ^a   Schuster, Assaf ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Distributed shared memory; Hardware software interfaces; High speed networks; Parallel computing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED SHARED MEMORY (DSM); HIGH-SPEED NETWORKS; INFINIBAND FUNCTIONS; KERNEL INTEGRATION;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS;

EID: 25844529434     PISSN: 10459219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2005.111     Document Type: Article

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