DocumentCode
2346679
Title
Multiprocessor architectures and physical law
Author
Vitányi, Paul
Author_Institution
CWI, Amsterdam, Netherlands
fYear
1994
fDate
17-20 Nov 1994
Firstpage
24
Lastpage
29
Abstract
We show that all highly symmetrical interconnection topologies for multiprocessors with low diameter require very long interconnect lengths. Therefore, such multicomputers do not scale well in the physical world with 3 dimensions. On the other hand, highly irregular (random) interconnection topologies have a very large subgraph of diameter two and therefore also require very long interconnect lengths. Hence the only scaling topologies for future massively parallel computers are high diameter regular ones, like mesh networks. The techniques used are symmetry properties in terms of orbits of automorphism groups of graphs, and a modern notion of randomness of individual objects, Kolmogorov complexity
Keywords
computational complexity; multiprocessing systems; multiprocessor interconnection networks; parallel architectures; Kolmogorov complexity; automorphism groups; future massively parallel computers; highly irregular interconnection topologies; highly symmetrical interconnection topologies; long interconnect lengths; low diameter; mesh networks; multicomputers; multiprocessor architectures; physical law; randomness; scaling topologies; symmetry properties; Algorithm design and analysis; Computational modeling; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Costs; Distributed computing; Mesh networks; Network topology; Orbits; Wires;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Physics and Computation, 1994. PhysComp '94, Proceedings., Workshop on
Conference_Location
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN
0-8186-6715-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PHYCMP.1994.363703
Filename
363703
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