New Technology 

Multicast:(n)  a message passing interface(MPI) operation  
whereby a single processor sends information to several other  
processors simultaneously

NCSA Multicast is a Web-based service provided by staff from Consulting Services, Publications, and other groups that give assistance to the center's high-performance users. The Multicast Web page is a one-stop resource for hyperlinks to user tips, performance data, white papers, technical specifications, and a host of other information that will aid HPCC users, whether at NCSA or another HPCC site.

Categorized by vendor and maintained using @ATS software (story planned for Fall 1996 issue of access), Multicast's URLs are added to regularly when another resource is located on the Web. Hardware and software vendors, users, and other computing centers are the sources of many of the links; technical information from NCSA staff will be added too. The goal is to make this Web page one that you check frequently. Comments about this new service or the contents of the online Multicast page can be sent to Ginny Hudak-David (virginia@ncsa.uiuc.edu).

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Last Modified: July 1, 1996