Evaluating the performance of photonic interconnection networks

Author

Chamberlain, Roger ; Baw, Ch´ng Shi ; Franklin, Mark ; Hackmann, Christopher ; Krishnamurthy, Praveen ; Mahajan, Abhijit ; Wrighton, Michael

Author_Institution

Comput. & Commun. Res. Center, Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO, USA

fYear

2002

Firstpage

209

Lastpage

218

Abstract

This paper describes the design and use of the interconnection network simulator (ICNS) framework. ICNS is a modular, object-oriented simulation system that has been developed to investigate performance issues in multiprocessor interconnection networks that exploit photonic technology in their design. We describe the ICNS infrastructure, present two distinct photonic interconnection networks that have been modeled using ICNS, and give performance results for each of these networks.

Keywords

digital simulation; multiprocessor interconnection networks; object-oriented programming; optical fibre networks; performance evaluation; MessageObj; interconnection network simulator; modular simulation system; multiprocessor interconnection networks; object-oriented simulation; optical fiber link; photonic interconnection networks; Bandwidth; Computational modeling; Fabrics; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Object oriented modeling; Optical design; Optical fibers; Photonics; Space technology; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Symposium, 2002. Proceedings. 35th Annual

ISSN

1082-241X

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1552-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIMSYM.2002.1000156

Filename

1000156