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The parastation project

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Parallel Computation (ACPC 1996)

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ParaStation is a high speed communication subsystem which enables a cluster of workstations or PCs to offer performance comparable to a dedicated parallel machine. Each node is still usable as a regular workstation or PC. Speedups of 7.4 on a 8 node cluster have been achieved even on communication intensive programs. The ParaStation software supports a real multitasking environment and combines the advantages of workstation clusters and of parallel machines.

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  1. Dept. of Informatics, University of Karlsruhe, Postfach 6980, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Joachim M. Blum, Thomas M. Warschko & Walter F. Tichy

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László Böszörményi

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Blum, J.M., Warschko, T.M., Tichy, W.F. (1996). The parastation project. In: Böszörményi, L. (eds) Parallel Computation. ACPC 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1127. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61695-0_19

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