TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance characteristics of the connection machine hypertree network
AU - Lin, Mengjou
AU - Tsang, Rose P.
AU - Du, David H.C.
AU - Klietz, Alan E.
AU - Saroff, Stephen
PY - 1993/11
Y1 - 1993/11
N2 - This paper presents performance characteristics of the CM-5 data network with respect to bandwidth and latency. We present the maximum effective network bandwidth as a function of (1) message size, (2) varying data path through different levels of the network hierarchy, and (3) system load. We also present latency as a function of message size and network hierarchy. In the second part of our evaluation, we present the maximum effective network bandwidth as a function of data flow pattern (2-d and 3-d mesh, stencils, ring, tree, and hypercube) using several variant embedding schemes. Measurements were obtained using CMMD V 1.3.1, Thinking Machine Corporation′s message-passing library, and CMNF V 1.1, a fast message-passing library developed by the Minnesota Supercomputer Center (MSC) for the Army High Performance Research Center (AHPCRC). Using CMNF we were able to observe measurements which were very close to actual hardware capabilities.
AB - This paper presents performance characteristics of the CM-5 data network with respect to bandwidth and latency. We present the maximum effective network bandwidth as a function of (1) message size, (2) varying data path through different levels of the network hierarchy, and (3) system load. We also present latency as a function of message size and network hierarchy. In the second part of our evaluation, we present the maximum effective network bandwidth as a function of data flow pattern (2-d and 3-d mesh, stencils, ring, tree, and hypercube) using several variant embedding schemes. Measurements were obtained using CMMD V 1.3.1, Thinking Machine Corporation′s message-passing library, and CMNF V 1.1, a fast message-passing library developed by the Minnesota Supercomputer Center (MSC) for the Army High Performance Research Center (AHPCRC). Using CMNF we were able to observe measurements which were very close to actual hardware capabilities.
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U2 - 10.1006/jpdc.1993.1108
DO - 10.1006/jpdc.1993.1108
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:38248998637
SN - 0743-7315
VL - 19
SP - 245
EP - 254
JO - Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
JF - Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
IS - 3
ER -