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PARALLEL PROCESSING WITH CLUSTERED WORKSTATIONS
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Woman-Owned: NoMinority-Owned: NoHUBZone-Owned: No
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Fiscal Year: 1995Title: PARALLEL PROCESSING WITH CLUSTERED WORKSTATIONSAgency: NSFContract: N/AAward Amount: $297,748.00
Abstract:
NOWADAYS, MOST ORGANIZATIONS USE WORKSTATIONS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO A NETWORK TO CONDUCT THEIR DAILY OPERATIONS. THE USE OF A CLUSTER OF THESE WORKSTATIONS AS A PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEM CAN PROVIDE A VERY POWERFUL COMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITY AT A VERY LOW COST. HOWEVER, THE MAJOR IMPEDIMENT TO THE USE OF EXISTING TECHNIQUES FOR CLUSTERING WORKSTATIONS INTO A PARALLEL PROCESSOR IS THE EXCESSIVE PERFORMANCE OVERHEAD INCURRED BY THESE TECHNIQUES. EXISTING TECHNIQUES DELIVER ONLY A SMALL FRACTION OF THE POTENTIAL COMPUTATIONAL POWER OF A CLUSTER OF WORKSTATIONS. RESEARCHERS ARE ADDRESSING A NEW APPROACH FOR CLUSTERING WORKSTATIONS CALLED THE NETWORK SHARED MEMORY APPROACH THAT IS ATTRACTIVE BECAUSE OF THREE REASONS: (1) IT IS CAPABLE OF DELIVERING PERFORMANCE THAT IS AT LEAST AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE BETTER THAN THAT ATTAINABLE USING EXISTING TECHNIQUES FOR CLUSTERING WORKSTATIONS; (2) IT GREATLY SIMPLIFIES THE PROGRAMMING TASK BY PROVIDING A SHARED MEMORY ABSTRACTION TO THE PROGRAMMER; AND (3) THE COST OF ATTAINING THIS PERFORMANCE AND PROGRAMMABILITY IS SEVERAL TIMES LOWER THAN THAT OF COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SHARED MEMORY PARALLEL PROCESSORS OF COMPARABLE COMPUTING POWER.Small Business Information at Submission:Principal Investigator:
Ranga S Ramanujan
6129352035Business Contact:
Architecture Technology Corp.
Po Box 24344 Minneapolis, MN 55424EIN/Tax ID:DUNS: N/ANumber of Employees: N/AWoman-Owned: NoMinority-Owned: NoHUBZone-Owned: No
Award Information
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Agency: National Science Foundation |
Branch: N/A |
Award ID: 27421 |
Program Year/Program: 1995 / SBIR |
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Agency Tracking Number: 27421 |
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Solicitation Topic Code: N/A |
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