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Foil 12 Workstation Clusters

From Designing and Building Parallel Programs I: Introduction DoD Modernization Tutorial -- 1995-1998. by Ian Foster, Gina Goff, Ehtesham Hayder, Chuck Koelbel
1 Workstations connected by network
2 Cost effective
3 High latency, low to moderate bandwidth
4 Often lack integrated software environment
5 Model breaks down if connectivity limited
6 Examples: Ethernet, ATM crossbar, Myrinet
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