Title :
A Remote Procedure Call Facility for Interconnecting Heterogeneous Computer Systems
Author :
Bershad, Brian N. ; Ching, Dennis T. ; Lazowska, Edward D. ; Sanislo, Jan ; Schwartz, Michael
Author_Institution :
Department of Computer Science, University of Washington
Abstract :
Heterogeneity in hardware and software is an inevitable consequence of experimental computer research. At the University of Washington, the Heterogeneous Computer Systems (HCS) project is a major research and development effort whose goal is to simplify the interconnection of heterogeneous computer systems.
Keywords :
Distributed computer systems; heterogeneous computer systems; remote procedure call; Application software; Buildings; Computer science; Hardware; Performance analysis; Research and development; Runtime; Testing; Transport protocols; Workstations; Distributed computer systems; heterogeneous computer systems; remote procedure call;
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TSE.1987.233507
