The effect of inter-PE communication network configuration on the performance of array computers

Author

Diab, H.B. ; Tabbara, H.S.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng. & Archit., American Univ. of Beirut, Lebanon

fYear

1992

fDate

6-9 Apr 1992

Firstpage

164

Lastpage

171

Abstract

Discusses the effect of the inter-processor element communication network (IN) on the performance of SIMD machines using discrete event simulation. The performance evaluation process is based on modelling SIMD computer systems composed of a control unit supervising n processing elements (PEs) each having local memory. The PEs communicate with each other through the IN which is assumed to be static throughout the evaluation process. The influence of the IN delay between PEs on the overall system performance such as the speedup, utilization, and throughput is computed

Keywords

discrete event simulation; multiprocessor interconnection networks; parallel machines; performance evaluation; virtual machines; SIMD machines; array computers; control unit; discrete event simulation; inter-processor element communication network; local memory; network configuration; performance evaluation; speedup; throughput; utilization; Communication networks; Communication system control; Computer aided instruction; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Decoding; Discrete event simulation; Intelligent networks; Logic arrays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Symposium, 1992. Proceedings., 25th Annual

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2765-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIMSYM.1992.227565

Filename

227565