DocumentCode
2275178
Title
The Berkeley Networks of Workstations (NOW) Project
Author
Anderson, T.E. ; Culler, D.E. ; Patterson, D.A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
fYear
1995
fDate
5-9 March 1995
Firstpage
322
Lastpage
326
Abstract
The paper describes the Berkeley Network of Workstations (NOW) Project. This project leverages the high bandwidth, switch based local area networks with a custom low latency network interface and global layer operating system; this makes a building full of desktop computers act as a single large computer: "the building is the computer".
Keywords
local area networks; network interfaces; network operating systems; operating systems (computers); workstations; Berkeley Networks of Workstations; NOW Project; custom low latency network interface; desktop computers; global layer operating system; switch based local area networks; Bandwidth; Computer interfaces; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Delay; File systems; Local area networks; Operating systems; Sun; Workstations;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Compcon '95.'Technologies for the Information Superhighway', Digest of Papers.
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
ISSN
1063-6390
Print_ISBN
0-8186-7029-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CMPCON.1995.512403
Filename
512403
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