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Active Message Applications Programming Interface
Active Message Applications Programming Interface
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SC '98 Proceedings of the 1998 ACM/IEEE conference on Supercomputing
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Separated high-bandwidth and low-latency communication in the cluster interconnect clint
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This article describes a protocol for a general-purpose cluster communication system that supports multiprogramming with virtual networks, direct and protected network access, reliable message delivery using message time-outs and retransmissions, a powerful return-to-send error model for applications, and automatic network mapping. The protocols use simple, low-cost mechanisms that exploit properties of our interconnect without limiting flexibility, usability, or robustness. We have implemented the protocols in an active message communication system that runs a network of 100+ Sun UltraSPARC workstations interconnected with 40 Myrinet switches. A progression of microbenchmarks demonstrate good performance - 42 microsecond round-trip times and 31 MB/s node-to-node bandwidth - as well as scalability under heavy load and graceful performance degradation in the presence of high contention.