Implementing TreadMarks over Virtual Interface Architecture on Myrinet and gigabit Ethernet: Challenges, design experience, and performance evaluation

Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Processing

Volumn 2001-January, Issue , 2001, Pages 167-174

  Banikazemi, M ^a   Liu, J ^a   Panda, D K ^a   Sadayappan, P ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Application software; Communication industry; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Ethernet networks; Hardware; Information science; Middleware; Packaging; Programming environments

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; ETHERNET; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MIDDLEWARE; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; PACKAGING;

COMMUNICATION INDUSTRY; COMMUNICATION PERFORMANCE; DESIGN ALTERNATIVES; ETHERNET NETWORKS; NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY; PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT; USER-LEVEL COMMUNICATION; VIRTUAL INTERFACE ARCHITECTURE;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84951079483     PISSN: 01903918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPP.2001.952060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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