University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) · 2000 · 21 citations · 0 references
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ComputingComputer ScienceHigh-performance ComputingComputer ArchitectureDistributed SystemsMessage PassingInterconnect ArchitectureNetwork ArchitectureNetwork ProgrammingNetwork ProtocolsInterface ArchitectureMessage Passing ArchitecturesMessage Passing InterfaceMessage-passing AlgorithmsPerformance RequirementsRuntime SupportRuntime System ArchitectureScalability
This paper analyzes the scalability limitations of networking technologies based on the Virtual Interface Architecture (VIA) in supporting the runtime environment needed for an implementation of the Message Passing Interface. We present an overview of the important characteristics of VIA and an overview of the runtime system being developed as part of the Computational Plant (Cplant) project at Sandia National Laboratories. We discuss the characteristics of VIA that prevent implementations based on this system to meet the scalability and performance requirements of Cplant.