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Efficient implementation of PVM on the AN2 ATM network

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High-Performance Computing and Networking (HPCN-Europe 1995)

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Advances in processor and network technology have increased the attractiveness of using a cluster of workstations connected by a highspeed network as a coarse-grained multicomputer. This paper describes our attempts at building such a system. Specifically, our system consists of a high-speed ATM network connecting a set of Alpha workstations that host the PVM environment. Using commercially available products, our system demonstrates end-to-end PVM communication performance that is very close to ATM link bandwidth.

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  1. Matthias Hausner

    Present address: Oberon microsystems, Inc., Pfingstweidstrasse 30, CH-8005, Zurich

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  1. Institut für Computersysteme, ETH Zentrum, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, CH-8092, Zurich

    Matthias Hausner

  2. Digital Equipment Corporation, Systems Research Center, 130 Lytton Ave, 94301, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    Michael Burrows & Chandramohan A. Thekkath

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Hausner, M., Burrows, M., Thekkath, C.A. (1995). Efficient implementation of PVM on the AN2 ATM network. In: Hertzberger, B., Serazzi, G. (eds) High-Performance Computing and Networking. HPCN-Europe 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 919. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0046682

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