Strings: A high-performance distributed shared memory for symmetrical multiprocessor clusters

Proceedings - 7th International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing, HPDC 1998

Volumn 1998-July, Issue , 1998, Pages 90-97

  Roy, S ^a   Chaudhary, V ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMORY ARCHITECTURE; MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS;

BENCHMARK PROGRAMS; DISTRIBUTED SHARED MEMORY; DISTRIBUTED SHARED MEMORY SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS; MULTITHREADED; POSIX THREADS; RUNTIME SYSTEMS; UNIX SYSTEMS;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 84966518252     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HPDC.1998.709960     Document Type: Conference Paper

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