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CONCURRENCY
2002
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13 years 10 months ago
An analysis of VI Architecture primitives in support of parallel and distributed communication
We present the results of a detailed study of the Virtual Interface (VI) paradigm as a communication foundation for a distributed computing environment. Using Active Messages and ...
Andrew Begel, Philip Buonadonna, David E. Culler, ...
ULPAA
1994
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14 years 6 days ago
EMail With A Mind of Its Own: The Safe-Tcl Language for Enabled Mail
A uniform extension language for email systems can radically extend the utility of electronic mail, simplifying the construction of mail-based services and permitting the delivery...
Nathaniel S. Borenstein
PPOPP
1995
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Optimistic Active Messages: A Mechanism for Scheduling Communication with Computation
Low-overhead message passing is critical to the performance of many applications. Active Messages[27] reduce the software overhead for message handling: messages are run as handle...
Deborah A. Wallach, Wilson C. Hsieh, Kirk L. Johns...
SIGOPSE
1994
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Using Active Messages to Support Shared Objects
This paper discusses a reliable group communication system using active messages to update shared objects. We discuss the model, implementation techniques, and our preliminary per...
Leendert van Doorn, Andrew S. Tanenbaum
IPPS
1996
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Exploiting the Capabilities of Communications Co-Processors
Communications co-processors (CCPs) have become commonplace in modern MPPs and networks of workstations. These co-processors provide dedicated hardware support for fast communicat...
Klaus E. Schauser, Chris J. Scheiman, J. Mitchell ...
ISCA
1998
IEEE
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14 years 3 months ago
Active Messages: A Mechanism for Integrated Communication and Computation
The design challenge for large-scale multiprocessors is (1) to minimize communication overhead, (2) allow communication to overlap computation, and (3) coordinate the two without ...
Thorsten von Eicken, David E. Culler, Seth Copen G...