Title :
Modular fault-tolerant Boolean n-cubes
Author :
Yang, Chu-Sing ; Wu, Shun-Yue
Author_Institution :
Nat. Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Abstract :
The modular design approach we propose for fault-tolerant Boolean n-cube architectures lets us reduce hardware cost and increase system reliability, while assuring high performance during message routing. Use of a specific module size with shared links and switches during reconfiguration helps keep system costs low. Though this strategy may increase the number of routing steps needed to transmit a message between nodes, routing performance nonetheless surpasses competing approaches, if we consider switching delays.<>
Keywords :
delays; fault tolerant computing; hypercube networks; reliability; hardware cost; high performance; message routing; modular fault-tolerant Boolean n-cubes; reconfiguration; routing performance; switching delays; system costs; system reliability; Costs; Degradation; Delay effects; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Hardware; Peer to peer computing; Routing; Switches; Topology;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
