TY - GEN
T1 - Impact of wiring constraints on hierarchical network performance
AU - Hsu, William Tsun yuk
AU - Yew, Pen Chung
PY - 1992/12/1
Y1 - 1992/12/1
N2 - A unified approach, incorporating architectural and packaging issues, is necessary in the design of high performance computer networks. Clustering enables us to exploit the physical hierarchy imposed by packaging. In [HsYe91], we examined the clustering of hypercube networks within the context of wiring constraints. Here, we extend our earlier work to compare the performance of hypercubes and meshes. We consider two cost constraints, bisection width and package pinout, and examine flat and clustered meshes and hypercubes. We find that the relative performance of networks depends on the chosen wiring constraint, as well as system configuration and message granularity.
AB - A unified approach, incorporating architectural and packaging issues, is necessary in the design of high performance computer networks. Clustering enables us to exploit the physical hierarchy imposed by packaging. In [HsYe91], we examined the clustering of hypercube networks within the context of wiring constraints. Here, we extend our earlier work to compare the performance of hypercubes and meshes. We consider two cost constraints, bisection width and package pinout, and examine flat and clustered meshes and hypercubes. We find that the relative performance of networks depends on the chosen wiring constraint, as well as system configuration and message granularity.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0026962083
SN - 0818626720
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Processing
SP - 580
EP - 588
BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Processing
PB - Publ by IEEE
T2 - Proceedings of the 6th International Parallel Processing Symposium
Y2 - 23 March 1992 through 26 March 1992
ER -