VHDL modeling for the performance evaluation of multicomputer networks

Author

McHenry, John T. ; Midkiff, Scott F.

Author_Institution

Bradley Dept. of Electr. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

31 Jan-2 Feb 1994

Firstpage

174

Lastpage

178

Abstract

This paper describes the use of VHDL for performance evaluation. VHDL simulation is coupled with support programs that supply statistical workloads and derive performance results for multicomputer networks. Models for node processing and communication using wormhole routing are described. Methods for extracting performance data from simulation results are presented. Example results are provided to illustrate the utility of the approach. For clarity, the discussion in this paper focuses on a model of a 16-node, or 4-dimensional, hypercube network. The adaptation of the models to other networks is also discussed

Keywords

hypercube networks; message passing; performance evaluation; specification languages; virtual machines; VHDL; VHDL modeling; VHDL simulation; VHSIC Hardware Description Language; communication; message passing; message routing; multicomputer network evaluation; multicomputer networks; node processing; performance data extraction; performance evaluation; performance results; statistical workloads; wormhole routing; Data mining; Hardware design languages; Hypercubes; Process design; Random number generation; Routing; Statistics; Timing; Very high speed integrated circuits; Vocabulary;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, 1994., MASCOTS '94., Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Durham, NC

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5292-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MASCOT.1994.284426

Filename

284426