Barrier synchronization is a crucial operation for parallel systems. Many schemes have been proposed in the literature to achieve fast barrier synchronization through software, ha...
Rajeev Sivaram, Craig B. Stunkel, Dhabaleswar K. P...
An important objective of the MicroUnity mediaprocessor is to allow the design of systems that replace hardwired functionality with software. One of the key design techniques that...
Curtis Abbott, Henry Massalin, Kevin Peterson, Tom...
Protocol Boosters are functional elements, inserted anddeleted fromnetwork protocol stacks on an as-neededbasis. The Protocol Booster design methodology attempts to improve end-to-...
In a multidatabase environment with mobile computers involved, the nature of computing is such that the user may not wait for the submitted global transaction to complete before d...
Progress in the field of high speed networking and distributed applications has led to a debate in the research community on the suitability of existing protocols such as TCP/IP ...