Title :
An experimental crosspoint switch for support of collective communications in parallel processing
Author :
Ayyad, A. ; Exman, I. ; Land, M. ; Rudolph, L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng., Coll. of Eng. & Technol., Hebron, Israel
Abstract :
An experimental crosspoint network switch for interprocessor communication in parallel computing is described. The switch contains FIFO buffers at each crosspoint and directly supports broadcast, scatter and gather operations. It is currently used to supplement the overcommitted shared system bus in the 16-node Makbilan parallel computer
Keywords :
buffer circuits; electronic switching systems; parallel machines; switches; system buses; 16-node Makbilan parallel computer; FIFO buffers; broadcasting; collective communications; crosspoint switch; gathering; interprocessor communication; network switch; overcommitted shared system bus; parallel computing; parallel processing; scattering; Broadcasting; Communication switching; Concurrent computing; Intelligent networks; Message passing; Parallel processing; Physics computing; Scattering; Switches; System buses;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, 1996., Nineteenth Convention of
Conference_Location :
Jerusalem
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3330-6
DOI :
10.1109/EEIS.1996.566914
