HTN: a new hierarchical iterconnection network for massively parallel computers

• Main Authors: Rahman, M.M. Hafizur, Susumu, Horiguchi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Japan 2003
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/7967/1/IEICE_2003.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/7967/; http://search.ieice.org/bin/summary.php?id=e86-d_9_1479&category=D&year=2003&lang=E&abst=

Interconnection networks usually suffer from Little's Law: low cost implies low performance and high performance is obtained high cost. However, hierarchical interconnection networks provide high performance at low cost by exploring the locality that exists in communication patterns of massive...