Fabric convergence implications on systems architecture

Proceedings - International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 15-26

  Leigh, Kevin ^a   Ranganathan, Parthasarathy ^a   Subhlok, Jaspal ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTERS; FABRICS;

ACADEMIC COMMUNITIES; BACK PLANES; BLADE SERVERS; CASE STUDIES; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS; CROSS LAYERS; EVALUATION METHODS; EVALUATION RESULTS; FUTURE RESEARCHES; NEW SYSTEMS; POSITION PAPERS; RECENT TRENDS; RESOURCE SHARING; SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURES;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 57749199501     PISSN: 15300897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HPCA.2008.4658624     Document Type: Conference Paper

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