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Title: Enabling technologies for web-based ubiquitous supercomputing

Conference ·
OSTI ID:421352
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  1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)

We use the term ubiquitous supercomputing to refer to systems that integrate low- and mid-range computing systems, advanced networks, and remote high-end computers with the goal of enhancing the computational power accessible from local environments. Such systems promise to enable new applications in areas as diverse as smart instruments and collaborative environments. However, they also demand tools for transporting code between computers and for establishing flexible, dynamic communication structures. In this paper, we propose that these requirements be satisfied by enhancing the Java programming language with global pointer and remote service request mechanisms from a communication library called Nexus. Java supports transportable code; Nexus provides communication support. We explain how this Nexus Java library is implemented and illustrate its use with examples.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
421352
Report Number(s):
CONF-960835-; TRN: 96:006403-0014
Resource Relation:
Conference: 5. IEEE international symposium on high-performance distributed computing, Syracuse, NY (United States), 6-9 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the fifth IEEE international symposium on high performance distributed computing; PB: 664 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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