Virtual Interface Architecture

by Don Cameron, Greg Regnier

This book explains how VI provides a new interface between applications and switched interconnect hardware. Just as Virtual Memory allowed personal computers to break through physical memory limitations, VI solves the long-standing problem of efficiently interfacing general-purpose computers to high-speed switched networks. This book shows how implementing VI can lower overhead by two orders of magnitude and reduce latency for I/O and communications traffic. The Virtual Interface Architecture provides guidance for both developers and users of large clustered

210 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2002

About the author

Donald Clough Cameron was a Golden Age comic book writer.