Design choices in the SHRIMP system: an empirical study

Matthias A. Blumrich; Richard D. Alpert; Yuqun Chen; Douglas W. Clark; Stefanos N. Damianakis; Cezary Dubnicki; Edward W. Felten; Liviu Iftode; Kai Li; Margaret Martonosi; Robert A. Shillner

Design choices in the SHRIMP system: an empirical study

Matthias A. Blumrich, Richard D. Alpert, Yuqun Chen, Douglas W. Clark, Stefanos N. Damianakis, Cezary Dubnicki, Edward W. Felten, Liviu Iftode, Kai Li, Margaret Martonosi, Robert A. Shillner

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Abstract

The SHRIMP cluster-computing system has progressed to a point of relative maturity; a variety of applications are running on a 16-node system. We have enough experience to understand what we did right and wrong in designing and building the system. In this paper we discuss some of the lessons we learned about computer architecture, and about the challenges involved in building a significant working system in an academic research environment. We evaluate significant design choices by modifying the network interface firmware and the system software in order to empirically compare our design to other approaches.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	330-341
Number of pages	12
Journal	Conference Proceedings - Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture, ISCA
State	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes
Event	Proceedings of the 1998 25th Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture - Barcelona, Spain Duration: Jun 27 1998 → Jul 1 1998

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Hardware and Architecture

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