Richard P. Martin

EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley

Technical Report No. UCB/CSD-96-891

, 1996

http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1996/CSD-96-891.pdf

This document describes an Active Message layer we have constructed on a Network of Workstations. Active Messages is a thin, highly optimized communication layer targeted at the library or compiler writer. A primary goal of an Active Message layer is to deliver the minimum latency and peak bandwidth of the network hardware to user programs. Previous work on Active Messages demonstrated an order of magnitude performance improvement over vendor supplied send and receive libraries for Massively Parallel Processors. <p>The HPAM layer currently runs on a network of 4 HP 9000/735 workstations with Medusa FDDI interface cards. HPAM achieves a round trip time for a 20 byte payload of 29 msec, an order of magnitude better than traditional software, and a maximum bandwidth of 12 MB/s.

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BibTeX citation:

@techreport{Martin:CSD-96-891,
    Author= {Martin, Richard P.},
    Title= {HPAM: An Active Message Layer for a Network of HP Workstations},
    Year= {1996},
    Month= {Dec},
    Url= {http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1996/5409.html},
    Number= {UCB/CSD-96-891},
    Abstract= {This document describes an Active Message layer we have constructed on a Network of Workstations. Active Messages is a thin, highly optimized communication layer targeted at the library or compiler writer. A primary goal of an Active Message layer is to deliver the minimum latency and peak bandwidth of the network hardware to user programs. Previous work on Active Messages demonstrated an order of magnitude performance improvement over vendor supplied send and receive libraries for Massively Parallel Processors. <p>The HPAM layer currently runs on a network of 4 HP 9000/735 workstations with Medusa FDDI interface cards. HPAM achieves a round trip time for a 20 byte payload of 29 msec, an order of magnitude better than traditional software, and a maximum bandwidth of 12 MB/s.},
}

EndNote citation:

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%T HPAM: An Active Message Layer for a Network of HP Workstations
%I EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley
%D 1996
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