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The use of PVM with workstation clusters for distributed SAR data processing

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

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The Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is an active sensor widely used in remote sensing to obtain high resolution ground images from the back-scattered echo signals. When a digital processing is performed, a high computational load is involved and hw/sw solutions based on both specialized and general pupose machines can be exploited to speedup the image focusing algorithm. A more economical solution based on cluster of workstations is presented. The performance results of the version 1.0 of our distributed SAR processor achieved on a homogeneous cluster of IBM RISC System 6000/360 under PVM are reported.

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  1. Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università Degli Studi di Lecce, Italy

    G. Aloisio & M. A. Bochicchio

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Aloisio, G., Bochicchio, M.A. (1995). The use of PVM with workstation clusters for distributed SAR data processing. 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/BFb0046683

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