TY - GEN
T1 - Performance Considerations Relating to the Design of Interconnection Networks for Multiprocessors Systems
AU - Hokens, Earl
AU - Louri, Ahmed
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1993 IEEE.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - Choosing the best interconnection scheme for a multiprocessor is no easy task. This paper presents a two phase analysis to assist in this task. The two phases of the analysis are analyti cal, and simulation. The analytical phase introduces a new metric called the network bandwidth require ment, or nbr. The nbr is an estimate for the in terconnecting network link speed of a multiprocessor. This result is used in the second phase of the analy sis, different multiprocessor configurations are simu lated using stochastic activity networks to verify the results of the analytical phase, and analyze the effects of contention and memory design on performance.
AB - Choosing the best interconnection scheme for a multiprocessor is no easy task. This paper presents a two phase analysis to assist in this task. The two phases of the analysis are analyti cal, and simulation. The analytical phase introduces a new metric called the network bandwidth require ment, or nbr. The nbr is an estimate for the in terconnecting network link speed of a multiprocessor. This result is used in the second phase of the analy sis, different multiprocessor configurations are simu lated using stochastic activity networks to verify the results of the analytical phase, and analyze the effects of contention and memory design on performance.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICPP.1993.141
DO - 10.1109/ICPP.1993.141
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85065708112
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Processing
SP - 206
EP - 209
BT - Architecture
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 1993 International Conference on Parallel Processing, ICPP 1993
Y2 - 16 August 1993 through 20 August 1993
ER -