Annual review of scalable computing . Volume 4 [[electronic resource] /] / editor Yuen Chung Kwong

• Pubblicazione: Singapore, : Singapore University Press, : World Scientific, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 p.)
• Disciplina: 004
• Soggetto topico: High performance computing; Parallel processing (Electronic computers)
• Altri autori: YuenC. K
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents ; 1 Experiences with Shared Virtual Memory on System Area Network Clusters:System Simulation Implementation and Emulation ; 1.1 Introduction ; 1.2 Overall Methodology and Results ; 1.2.1 System Simulation ; 1.2.2 System Implementation ; 1.2.3 System Emulation ; 1.3 System Simulation 1.3.1 Simulation Environment ; 1.3.2 Methodology ; 1.3.3 Applications ; 1.3.4 Effects of Communication Parameters ; 1.3.5 Limitations on Application Performance ; 1.3.6 Degree of Clustering ; 1.4 System Implementation ; 1.4.1 Network Interface and SVM Protocol Extensions 1.4.2 Experimental Testbed ; 1.4.3 Applications ; 1.4.4 Results ; 1.4.5 Remaining bottlenecks ; 1.5 System Emulation ; 1.5.1 Emulation infrastructure ; 1.5.2 Impact of Fast Interconnection Networks ; 1.5.3 Impact of Wide CC-NUMA Nodes 1.6 Discussion on Methodology ; 1.7 Related Work ; 1.8 Conclusions ; 1.9 Acknowledgments ; 1.10 Bibliography ; 2 Average-Case Scalability Analysis of Parallel Computations ; 2.1 Introduction ; 2.1.1 Motivation ; 2.1.2 Overview of the Chapter ; 2.2 Scalability of Parallel Computations 2.2.1 Isoefficiency Scalability ; 2.2.2 Isospeed Scalability ; 2.2.3 Average-Case Scalability ; 2.3 Task Precedence Graphs on Multiprocessors ; 2.3.1 A Probabilistic Model ; 2.3.2 Independent Tasks ; 2.3.3 Dependent Tasks ; 2.3.4 Iterative Computations
• Sommario/riassunto: A collection of seven long articles, this book comprehensively discusses significant projects in scalable computing in various research organizations around the world. It represents the quantitative and qualitative growth of work in the area. <br><i>Contents:</i><ul><li>Experiences with Shared Virtual Memory on System Area Network Clusters: System Simulation, Implementation, and Emulation</li><li>Average-Case Scalability Analysis of Parallel Computations</li><li>Parallel IO Prefetching and Caching</li><li>A C++/Tuple-Lock Implementation for Distributed Objects</li><li>Static Data Allocation a
• Titolo autorizzato: Annual review of scalable computing
• ISBN: 1-281-92965-4; 9786611929657; 981-277-743-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782557403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Series on scalable computing ; ; 4.