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Re: GAMMA: a Network Of Workstation based on Active Messages and Linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Hoeltzel)
Sat Jun 22 15:35:52 1996
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 11:30:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: Eric Hoeltzel <erick@sequim.sequim.com>
To: Giuseppe Ciaccio <multi@disi.unige.it>
cc: linux-mc@arvidsjaur.anu.edu.au, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu,
linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, chiola@disi.unige.it
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960622124458.1063A-100000@hobbes>
On Sat, 22 Jun 1996, Giuseppe Ciaccio wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> we are currently developing a parallel machine based on the NOW
> (Network Of Workstation) architecture and on the Active Message communication
> paradigm. Its name is GAMMA (Genoa Active Message MAchine).
>
> As for other similar projects, the main idea is to use
> cheap off-the-shelf components, whose performances are not that bad nowadays,
> and to exploit their capabilities as much as possible, with particular attention
> to the exploitation of communication hardware performances (mainly low latency,
> since bandwidth is still quite poor and doesn't scale, at least for low-end
> products).
>
> http://www.disi.unige.it/project/gamma/ will provide you with more info.
>
> Any pointer to similar work, as well as any suggestion and constructive
> criticism, is welcome.
>
Hello Giuseppe!
Have you looked at the Beowulf project? It looks to have remarkably
similar objectives to your own.
It is at http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/beowulf/beowulf.html
I found it to be fascinating reading.
Eric Hoeltzel
