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SCI: Scalable Coherent Interface: Architecture and Software for High-Performance Compute Clusters

By Hermann Hellwagner , Alexander Reinefeld (auth.) , Alexander Reinefeld (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1999
ISBN
3540666966, 9783540666967
DOI
10.1007/10704208
Open Library ID
OL9654183M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4858273 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1734
Edition
1
Pages
494\493
Topic
Computers
Library
Kolxo3
Time added
2009-12-04 00:34:26
Computer Communication Networks; Software Engineer

Description

Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI) is an innovative interconnect standard (ANSI/IEEE Std 1596-1992) addressing the high-performance computing and networking domain. This book describes in depth one specific application of SCI: its use as a high-speed interconnection network (often called a system area network, SAN) for compute clusters built from commodity workstation nodes. The editors and authors, coming from both academia and industry, have been instrumental in the SCI standardization process, the development and deployment of SCI adapter cards, switches, fully integrated clusters, and software systems, and are closely involved in various research projects on this important interconnect. This thoroughly cross-reviewed state-of-the-art survey covers the complete hardware/software spectrum of SCI clusters, from the major concepts of SCI, through SCI hardware, networking, and low-level software issues, various programming models and environments, up to tools and application experiences.

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