Torus-ring-bus connected highly parallel processor

Author

Kohata, M. ; Itoh, T. ; Miyagaki, Y.

Author_Institution

Okayama Univ. of Sci., Ridai-cho, Okayama, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

19-21 May 1993

Firstpage

394

Abstract

A cluster structure interconnection network for massively parallel computers is proposed. Each processor is connected to a one-dimensional ring-bus network in a cluster, and each cluster is connected to a two-dimensional torus network. Basic network performance is estimated by software simulations for two communication patterns, namely, nearest neighbor communication and general communication. The architecture of a prototype machine that is being built is shown. It consists of 64 processors. For a trade-off between the wiring cost and the network performance, emphasis was placed on reducing the wiring cost. Nevertheless, 29K of speed-up was estimated on a 32K processor system for a 3-D fluid simulation problem

Keywords

flow simulation; multiprocessor interconnection networks; network topology; parallel architectures; performance evaluation; wiring; 3-D fluid simulation; cluster structure interconnection network; general communication; massively parallel computers; nearest neighbor communication; network performance; one-dimensional ring-bus network; software simulations; two-dimensional torus network; wiring cost; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Costs; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Nearest neighbor searches; Software performance; Software prototyping; Wiring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, 1993., IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0971-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PACRIM.1993.407338

Filename

407338