The VMP network adapter board (NAB): High-performance network communication for multiprocessors

Symposium Proceedings on Communications Architectures and Protocols, SIGCOMM 1988

Volumn , Issue , 1988, Pages 175-187

  Kanakia, Hemant ^a   Cheriton, David R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER HARDWARE; HARDWARE; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MEMORY ARCHITECTURE; MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS; SYSTEM BUSES;

CONVENTIONAL TRANSPORTS; EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION; HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATIONS; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS; HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKS; MULTIPROCESSOR MACHINES; PROCESSING ARCHITECTURES; PROCESSING OVERHEAD;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84990699631     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/52324.52343     Document Type: Conference Paper

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