Overcoming communication latency barriers in massively parallel scientific computation

IEEE Micro

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 8-19

  Dror, Ron O ^a   Grossman, J P ^a   MacKenzie, Kenneth M ^a   Towles, Brian ^a   Chow, Edmond ^a   Salmon, John K ^a   Young, Cliff ^a   Bank, Joseph A ^a   Batson, Brannon ^a   Deneroff, Martin M ^a   Kuskin, Jeffrey S ^a   Larson, Richard H ^a   Moraes, Mark A ^a   Shaw, David E ^a  

^a D E SHAW RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anton; Data communications; interprocessor communications; multiprocessor systems; network communication; parallel systems; special purpose hardware

Indexed keywords

ANTON; DATA-COMMUNICATION; INTERPROCESSOR COMMUNICATIONS; MULTI PROCESSOR SYSTEMS; NETWORK COMMUNICATION; PARALLEL SYSTEM; SPECIAL-PURPOSE HARDWARE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 79959194611     PISSN: 02721732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MM.2011.38     Document Type: Article

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