Evaluating high performance communication: A power perspective

Proceedings of the International Conference on Supercomputing

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 326-337

  Liu, Jiuxing ^a   Poff, Dan ^a   Abali, Bulent ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; InfiniBand; iWARP; Networking; Power; RDMA

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION PATTERN; COMMUNICATION PERFORMANCE; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS; CPU CYCLES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENTERPRISE SERVERS; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMMUNICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; HIGH-END SYSTEMS; HIGH-SPEED INTERCONNECTS; INFINIBAND; MELLANOX; MEMORY BUS; MICROBENCHMARKS; NETWORK ADAPTERS; PERFORMANCE ASPECTS; POWER CONSUMPTION; POWER EFFICIENCY; POWER MANAGEMENTS; POWER SAVINGS; PROTOCOL PROCESSING; REMOTE DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS; SYSTEM COMPONENTS;

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; QUEUEING NETWORKS;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 70449698518     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1542275.1542322     Document Type: Conference Paper

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