Impact of NUMA effects on high-speed networking with multi-OPTERON machines

Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 24-29

  Moreaud, Stéphanie ^a   Goglin, Brice ^a  

^a INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

High Speed Networks; Hypertransport; NUMA; Opteron; Performance; Placement

Indexed keywords

HYPERTRANSPORT; NUMA; OPTERON; PERFORMANCE; PLACEMENT;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HIGH SPEED NETWORKS; PACKET NETWORKS;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

EID: 62449293027     PISSN: 10272658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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