We propose the design of Plug, an application to find and keep contacts with friends within many inter-connected 3D virtual worlds. Users use an instant messenger (IM)-like inter...
The number of processors embedded on high performance computing platforms is continuously increasing to accommodate user desire to solve larger and more complex problems. However,...
Thara Angskun, George Bosilca, Graham E. Fagg, Jel...
NFS is considered to be the bottleneck in cluster computing environment because of its limited resources and centralized data management. With the development of hardware, NFS ser...
Huan Chen, Yi Zhao, Jin Xiong, Jie Ma, Ninghui Sun
Modern single and multi-processor computer systems incorporate, either directly or through a LAN, a number of storage devices with diverse performance characteristics. These stora...
— In global Grid computing, users and resource providers organize various Virtual Organizations (VOs) to share resources and services. A VO organizes other sub-VOs for the purpos...