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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I've got a Beowulf app where broadcasting very
large vectors is a</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT><FONT size=2>serial IPC bottleneck. 100
Mbps ethernet isn't fast enough to</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>scale beyond a couple of machines. The
performance</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>reported for GAMMA over 1 Gbps ethernet looked like it
would</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>scale well to around 64 nodes.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Since firewire is up to 400 Mbps and considerably cheaper
than</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Gbps ethernet, I'm hoping it might provide a cost-effective,
moderately</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>scalable alternative. But I can't figure out if it supports
broadcasting</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>or not. Anyone know?</FONT></DIV>
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size=2><BR> - Richard<BR></FONT></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>