• DocumentCode
    1257322
  • Title

    The Sun Fireplane Interconnect

  • Author

    Charlesworth, Alan

  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • Firstpage
    36
  • Lastpage
    45
  • Abstract
    A computing system´s internal interconnect is a key determiner of its cost, performance, and reliability. The Sun Fireplane Interconnect, used inside the Sun Microsystems Ultrasparc III generation of servers and workstations, builds on three generations of interconnects, and provides a significant increase in performance and system bandwidth
  • Keywords
    multiprocessor interconnection networks; parallel architectures; shared memory systems; Sun Fireplane Interconnect; SunMicrosystems Ultrasparc III generation; servers; shared-memory system interconnect; system bandwidth; workstations; Bandwidth; Broadcasting; Control systems; Costs; Delay; Permission; Protocols; Reduced instruction set computing; Sun; Writing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Micro, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1732
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/40.988688
  • Filename
    988688
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1257322