a modern alternative to object middleware such as CORBA™ or COM/DCOM/COM+. Ice is easy to learn, yet provides a powerful network infrastructure for demanding technical applications.
provides a high performance messaging service that is resilient to faults across local and wide area networks. Spread functions as a unified message bus for distributed applications
programming interface and resource management system for scalable OpenGL applications. Can run unmodified on any visualization system, from a singlepipe workstation to large scale graphics clusters and multi-GPU workstations.
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