| Attaining High Performance Communications: A Vertical Approach Contributor(s): Gavrilovska, Ada (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1420093088 ISBN-13: 9781420093087 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: Achieving high performance in computer communications in this era of massive volume and tremendous bandwidth demand is an on-going challenge. Taking a unique approach, this work examines each network layer in the complete vertical stack. The authors, leading domain experts, propose the use of a coordinated effort to eliminate bottlenecks, addressing optimization opportunities in each layer. This approach includes the integration of technological advances and considers real challenges due to hardware limitations and concerns with underlying platforms. It takes into account recent advances such as virtualization, multicore, hybrid/heterogeneous platforms with accelerators, and coherent interconnects. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Computer Engineering - Computers | Hardware - Mainframes & Minicomputers - Technology & Engineering | Electrical |
| Dewey: 004.11 |
| LCCN: 2009027266 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.65 lbs) 443 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Technological Advances and Problems of High Performance Communications Cohesively collecting state-of-the-art contributions from leading researchers in industry, national laboratories, and academia, Attaining High Performance Communications: A Vertical Approach discusses various issues pertaining to high performance communications in a particular layer of a vertical stack. It explores efficient interconnection hardware, the architectural aspects of network adapters and their integration with processor cores, the design of scalable and robust high performance end-to-end communications services and protocols, and system services and tools for new multi-core environments. No single solution applied at one particular layer can help applications solve all performance-related issues with communication services. Instead, this book shows that a coordinated effort is needed among the layers. It covers many different types of technologies and layers across the stack, from the architectural features of the hardware, through the protocols and their implementation in operating system kernels, to the manner in which application services and middleware are using underlying platforms. The book also describes key developments in high-end platforms, high performance interconnection fabrics and communication libraries, and multi- and many-core systems. This volume addresses the challenges involved in emerging types of communications applications, platforms, and services. Examining each layer in the vertical stack, it illustrates how to eliminate bottlenecks and provide optimization opportunities. |