Architectural characterization of processor affinity in network processing

ISPASS 2005 - IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 207-218

  Foong, Annie ^a   Fung, Jason ^a   Newell, Don ^a   Abraham, Seth ^a   Irelan, Peggy ^a   Lopez Estrada, Alex ^a  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTERNET; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SERVERS;

IA-BASED SERVERS; MONOLITHIC OPERATING SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROCESSING; PROCESSOR AFFINITY;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 33744497305     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISPASS.2005.1430575     Document Type: Conference Paper

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