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Federated Grid Clusters Using Service Address Routed Optical Networks
White Paper Clusters of computers have emerged as cost-effective parallel and/or distributed computing systems for computationally intensive tasks. Normally, clusters are composed of high performance computational nodes linked together by low-latency/high... [18 Jul 2008]
A Near Optimal Scheduler for Switch-Memory-Switch Routers
White Paper This paper presents a simple and near optimal randomized parallel scheduling algorithm for scheduling packets in routers based on the Switch-Memory-Switch (SMS) architecture, which emulates 'Output queuing' by using a collection of small memories... [18 Jul 2008]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News Carphone Warehouse's spokesperson also claimed that fibre and copper could "exist in parallel", as fibre access would remain "a premium product at a premium price" for a long time yet. Following BT's Tuesday announcement that it was to plough... [17 Jul 2008]
Average-Case Analysis of Isospeed Scalability of Parallel Computations on Multiprocessors
White Paper This paper investigates the average-case speed and scalability of parallel algorithms executing on multiprocessors. By modeling parallel algorithms on multiprocessors using task precedence graphs, this paper is mainly interested in the effects of... [11 Jul 2008]
Gigabit Ethernet Functional Module Test Platform - Dramatically Increases Throughput Using Parallel Test
White Paper Parallel test architecture was the answer. IE was able to develop application software modules that execute each test in parallel on multiple channels of the DUT. Existing sequential test systems for the Device Under Test (DUT) required 12 minutes... [11 Jul 2008]
Routing Networks for Distributed Hash Tables
White Paper Using this technique, classical parallel interconnection networks can be adapted to handle the dynamic nature of participants in peer-to-peer networks. Routing topologies for distributed hashing in peer-to-peer networks are classified into two... [11 Jul 2008]
No Risks With Remote Access to Corporate Email
White Paper Remote access to corporate information, especially to email, has always been a priority and it had a number of access solutions running in parallel to ensure optimal employee productivity. Alea is characterised by a high level of business travel... [11 Jul 2008]
Analyzing Overheads and Scalability Characteristics of OpenMP Applications
White Paper This paper evaluates the tool on the OpenMP version of the NAS parallel benchmarks. Analyzing the scalability behavior and the overheads of Open-MP applications is an important step in the development process of scientific software. [11 Jul 2008]
Circularly Polarized Loop Antennas With a Parasitic Element for Bandwidth Enhancement
White Paper dB can be realized for the parallel-fed dual rhombic loop. In this paper, it is demonstrated that the bandwidth of Circular Polarization (CP) for a loop antenna can be significantly increased when adding one more parasitic loop inside the original... [11 Jul 2008]
Scalability of 3D-Integrated Arithmetic Units in High-Performance Microprocessors
White Paper It explores the behavior of the 3D-integrated arithmetic circuits with increasing issue-width (parallel execution capability), transistor sizing, and temperature. Three-Dimensional integration provides a simultaneous improvement in wire-related... [11 Jul 2008]
Dynamic Load Balancing of Parallel Cellular Automata
White Paper The authors are interested in running in parallel cellular automata. The parallel application runs on a cluster of PCs connected by Fast-Ethernet. This paper presents an algorithm which explores the dynamic remapping of cells in order to balance... [10 Jul 2008]
Load Balancing for Spatial-Grid-Based Parallel Numeric Simulations on Clusters of SMPs
White Paper Load distribution is an essential factor to parallel efficiency of numerical simulations that are based on spatial grids, especially on clusters of Symmetric MultiProcessors (SMPs). This paper presents a method of mapping spatial grid nodes to... [10 Jul 2008]
Load Balancing Algorithm for Parallel Vision System Using COTS PCs and Networks
White Paper A real-time PArallel VIsion System (PAVIS) is developed along with suitable parallel vision algorithms. PAVIS is designed for cost-effectiveness and flexibility, which is composed of several isotypic Commercially Off-The-Shelf (COTS) PCs with an... [10 Jul 2008]
A Parallel Iterative Linear System Solver With Dynamic Load Balancing
White Paper This paper describes the design and implementation of a parallel iterative linear system solver for distributed memory multicomputers and workstation clusters. It is capable of applying heterogeneous data distribution and dynamic load balancing... [10 Jul 2008]
Adaptive and Scalable Load Balancing Scheme for Sort-Last Parallel Volume Rendering on GPU Clusters
White Paper Sort-last parallel rendering using a cluster of GPUs has been widely used as an efficient method for visualizing large-scale volume datasets. The performance of this method is constrained by load balancing when data parallelism is included. [10 Jul 2008]
