Abstract For over a century and half, scholars have worked to establish links between medieval Scandinavian saga material the Old English alliterative epic Beowulf. The present article investigates connections Anglo-Saxon poem Hrólfs Gautrekssonar—an Norse unique for preserving story about Geatish monster-killer who, like Beowulf, is active in Denmark then returns rule his homeland as king. Thi...

With a focus on commodity PC systems, Beowulf clusters traditionally lack the cutting edge network architectures, memory subsystems, and processor technologies found in their more expensive supercomputer counterparts. Many users find that what Beowulf clusters lack in technology, they more than make up for with their significant cost advantage. In this paper, an architectural extension that add...