Title :
A workstation interconnect supporting time-dependent data transmission
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Comput. Syst., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
This paper describes a scalable interconnect architecture for desktop workstation computers that offers high bandwidth and real-time support. Both features are essential prerequisites for the integration of time-dependent data like video and audio into a workstation environment
Keywords :
local area networks; multimedia communication; multimedia computing; real-time systems; reconfigurable architectures; workstations; audio; desktop workstation computers; high bandwidth; multimedia communication; real-time support; scalable interconnect architecture; time-dependent data transmission; video; workstation interconnect; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bandwidth; Communication switching; Computer architecture; Data communication; Delay; Switches; Telecommunication traffic; Video compression; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia Communications, 1994. MULTIMEDIA '94., 5th IEEE COMSOC International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/IWMC.1994.601232
