Supercomputer work-station communication. Special report
Alan Katz, Stephen M. Casner · OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 1989
This is the final report of the Supercomputer Workstation Communication (SWC) project. The project explored new techniques for using high-capacity networks to communicate between personal workstations and remote supercomputers. The effort involved evaluation and testing of standard IP/TCP-based protocols, as well as newer remote window protocols such as MIT's X Window System and Sun Microsystems' NeWS. The DARPA Wideband Satellite Network provided the high-capacity, long-distance communication path for many of these tests. Additional areas of research included a preliminary study of a proposed Intelligent Communication Facility and an investigation of the current and future user requirements of the scientific community that will use supercomputers.