Christophe Metivier

Research

ParaDiGM multiprocessor.: ParaDiGM (Parallel Distributed Global Memory) is a shared memory multicomputer architecture. The ParaDiGM architecture allows a parallel application to execute any of it's tasks on any processor in the machine, with all the tasks in a single address space. The first version of the paradigm CPU board, was built around four MC68040 processors, with a shared second level 8 Mbyte cache. The second level cache supports two models of consistency: a classical invalidation scheme, and a new Memory-Based Message scheme.
VASSA Network Interface.: VASSA (Virtual Address Space Switching Architecture) is a high performance network architecture designed to provide communication performances across a network similar to that of inter-processor communication inside a parallel computer. A first version of the VASSA architecture has been implemented using fiber optics with a transfert rate of 266Mbits/sec. A 1Gbit/sec integrated version of this work is currently being designed.

Personal

Background

R&D Engineer, Computer Science Department, Stanford University, 1990-Now
Visiting Scholar, Computer Science Department, Stanford University, 1989-1990
Electronic Engineer, SODIMA S.A, Paris, France, 1986-1989.
M.S., Electrical Engineering, ENSEEIHT Toulouse, France, 1986.

Sport

I Love Football. GO 49ers!!

Interesting Web pages about Paris and France

Paris

Paris at Night.

Le Louvre

Address

Email:		metivier .at. CS .dot. Stanford .dot. EDU
Voice:		(415)723-9558
FAX:	   	(415)725-7411
USPS:		Computer Science Department
		Margaret Jacks Hall, Rm. 450C
		Stanford, CA  94305-2140