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Locabus: A Kernel to Kernel Communication Channel for Cluster Computing

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Parallel and Distributed Computing: Applications and Technologies (PDCAT 2004)

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This paper proposes a kernel to kernel communicationsystem for use in cluster computers. It is implemented directly on the Ethernet data link layer. This allows use of Ethernet’s inherent broadcast capability. This system is implemented and performance tests are run. The results show significant improvement in broadcast performance.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

    Paul Werstein, Mark Pethick & Zhiyi Huang

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  1. Nanyang Centre for Supercomputing and Visualisation School of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639 798, Singapore

    Kim-Meow Liew

  2. School of Computer Science, The University of Adelaide,  

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  3. Asia Pacific Science and Technology Center, Sun Microsystems Inc., 50 Nanyang Avenue, N3-1c-10, 639798, Singapore

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Werstein, P., Pethick, M., Huang, Z. (2004). Locabus: A Kernel to Kernel Communication Channel for Cluster Computing. In: Liew, KM., Shen, H., See, S., Cai, W., Fan, P., Horiguchi, S. (eds) Parallel and Distributed Computing: Applications and Technologies. PDCAT 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3320. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30501-9_98

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