Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.parallel
From: parallel@netcom.com (B. Mitchell Loebel)
Subject: Re: What is Project 'Dash' ?
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 08:08:00 GMT
Message-ID: <parallelDIC19D.1tq@netcom.com>

Hello Reinhard: 
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And while you are learning about DASH, I suggest that you look into 
SCI (Scalable Coherent Interface). It is IEEE 1596 spec. and enables 
the implementation of Distributed Shared Memory. 

Reinhard Kirchner (kirchner@irz1.informatik.uni-kl.de) wrote:
: Hello,

: I am seeking more info on a project named 'Dash'. It is done by some
: university in USA, together with Silicon Graphics.

: As far as I know it is a parallel computer, based on processor/memory
: modules connected by some kind of routing network, and realising
: shared memory, ( one address space ). I was told it is in some kind similar
: to the KSR machines.

: Are there any papers, technical reports etc. on this available ?
: I will be glad for all kind of references.

: Thanks to all who will respond ( e-mail preferred )

: Reinhard Kirchner
: Univ. of Kaiserslautern, Germany
: Computer Science

: kirchner@informatik.uni-kl.de


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