Title :
A High-speed FC-based Token-Routing NIC Used for Cluster System
Author :
Yanjing, Lei ; Kejian, Miao ; Chunyan, Ma ; Xiaoyan, Yin ; Jichang, Kang
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci., Northwestern Polytech. Univ., Xi´´an
fDate :
Aug. 31 2006-Sept. 1 2006
Abstract :
To build a high performance/cost ratio cluster system used for meso-scale numerical weather forecast system for some medium and small cities, a cost-effective new switch network, FC-TRSN, is proposed and the FC-based token-routing NIC is researched. In this NIC, considering the characteristic of small and large packets, each kind of frame is specially designed to maximize the communication efficiency. In addition to the essential transceivers, almost all the functions are integrated into a single FPGA chip. So the NIC has low development cost, good flexibility and high efficiency. Up to now, this NIC has worked smoothly and steadily in a meteorological station in Huzhou, China
Keywords :
field programmable gate arrays; network interfaces; switching networks; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication network topology; token networks; transceivers; weather forecasting; China; FC-TRSN; FC-based token-routing NIC; FPGA chip; Huzhou; cluster system; communication efficiency; field programmable gate array; flexibility; meso-scale numerical weather forecast system; meteorological station; switch network; transceivers; ANSI standards; Cities and towns; Communication switching; Costs; Data communication; High-speed networks; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Protocols; Weather forecasting;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 2006. APCC '06. Asia-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0573-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0574-2
DOI :
10.1109/APCC.2006.255930
