Title :
Traffic Temporal Analysis for Reconfigurable Interconnects in Shared-Memory Systems
Author :
Heirman, W. ; Dambre, J. ; Van Campenhout, J. ; Debaes, C. ; Thienpont, H.
Author_Institution :
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
Abstract :
New advances in reconfigurable optical interconnect technologies will allow the fabrication of cheap, fast and run-time adaptable networks for connecting processors and memory modules in large shared-memory multiprocessor machines. Since, in some technologies, the switching times of these components are high compared to the memory access time, reconfiguration can only take place on a time scale significantly above individual memory accesses. In this paper, we present preliminary results of our investigation into the exploitability of the space and time locality of address streams by a reconfigurable network.
Keywords :
multiprocessor interconnection networks; optical interconnections; reconfigurable architectures; shared memory systems; telecommunication traffic; memory access; multiprocessor machine; optical interconnect technology; reconfigurable interconnect; shared-memory system; traffic temporal analysis; Joining processes; Large-scale systems; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Optical attenuators; Optical devices; Optical interconnections; Runtime; Space technology; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, 2005. Proceedings. 19th IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2312-9
DOI :
10.1109/IPDPS.2005.442
