Scaling the unscalable: A case study on the AlphaServer SC

Proceedings of the International Conference on Supercomputing

Volumn 2002-November, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Worley, Patrick H ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE-STUDIES; MODEL APPLICATION; OPTIMISATIONS; PERFORMANCE; PITTSBURGH; SCALINGS; TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES;

SUPERCOMPUTERS;

EID: 85054450271     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SC.2002.10035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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