Visualizing Network Traffic to Understand the Performance of Massively Parallel Simulations

The performance of massively parallel applications is often heavily impacted by the cost of communication among compute nodes. However, determining how to best use the network is a formidable task, made challenging by the ever increasing size and complexity of modern supercomputers. This paper appli...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics. - 1998. - 18(2012), 12 vom: 10. Dez., Seite 2467-76
1. Verfasser: Landge, A G (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Levine, J A, Bhatele, A, Isaacs, K E, Gamblin, T, Schulz, M, Langer, S H, Bremer, Peer-Timo, Pascucci, V
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2012
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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