VIBe: A micro-benchmark suite for evaluating virtual interface architecture (VIA) implementations

Proceedings - 15th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, IPDPS 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Banikazemi, M ^a   Liu, J ^a   Kutlug S ^a   Ramakrishnan, A ^a   Sadayappan, P ^a   Shah, H ^b   Panda, D K ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSFER; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HARDWARE; MESSAGE PASSING; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; PHYSICAL ADDRESSES; VIRTUAL ADDRESSES;

COMMUNICATION LAYERS; MAXIMUM TRANSFER UNIT; MESSAGE PASSING INTERFACE; SOFTWARE AND HARDWARES; SYSTEM AREA NETWORKS; USER-LEVEL NETWORKING; VIRTUAL INTERFACE ARCHITECTURE; VIRTUAL-TO-PHYSICAL ADDRESS TRANSLATIONS;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 84981294400     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPDPS.2001.924960     Document Type: Conference Paper

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