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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon '95.'Technologies for the Information Superhighway', Digest of Papers.
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7029-0
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1995.512403
