From: Georgios Theodoropoulos <G.K.Theodoropoulos@cs.bham.ac.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.parallel
Subject: CPU-Network Interface
Date: 9 Sep 1998 17:19:21 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, The University of Birmingham, U.K.
Approved: bigrigg@cs.cmu.edu
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Originator: bigrigg@ece.cmu.edu


Dear all,

I am  looking for pointers (if any) to research/work on the impact of
the CPU-Network interface on the performance of parallel/distributed
applications executing e.g. on a workstation network.  

Does the way CPU interfaces to the network affect the execution of the
distributed application?  In particular, will a different cpu-network
interface (e.g. a different caching technique) affect the execution
order and casual relationships of the distributed processes?

I will be more than obliged for any advice/information/hint/ref on the
above.

Thank you in advance!

PS: please cc any replies to gkt@cs.bham.ac.uk.     
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