Automatic self-allocating threads (ASAT) on an SGI Challenge

Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Processing

Volumn 3, Issue , 1996, Pages 132-139

  Severance, C ^a   Enbody, R ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMBER OF THREADS; SHARED MEMORY; SYSTEM LOADS; SYSTEM THROUGHPUT;

EID: 84947224743     PISSN: 01903918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPP.1996.538568     Document Type: Conference Paper

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