M-VIA, other alternatives to TCP for Gb-enet

William R. Pearson wrp at alpha0.bioch.virginia.edu
Tue Mar 19 18:48:27 PST 2002


I am curious about alternatives to TCP/IP based communication for MPI
and PVM on 100 MHz and 1 GHz ethernet.  I believe that alternatives
are routinely used by Myrinet users, and I wonder whether Gbit
ethernet systems have access to similar low-latency protocol
alternatives.

Bill Pearson




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