Interconnection networks : an engineering approach /

The performance of most digital systems today is limited by their communication or interconnection, not by their logic or memory. As designers strive to make more efficient use of scarce interconnection bandwidth, interconnection networks are emerging as a nearly universal solution to the system-lev...

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Main Authors: Duato, Jose (Author)
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Yalamanchili, Sudhakar (Editor); Ni, Lionel M. (Editor)
Published: Morgan Kaufmann,
Publisher Address: San Francisco, CA :
Publication Dates: 2003.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Rev. print.
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781558608528
Summary: The performance of most digital systems today is limited by their communication or interconnection, not by their logic or memory. As designers strive to make more efficient use of scarce interconnection bandwidth, interconnection networks are emerging as a nearly universal solution to the system-level communication problems for modern digital systems. Interconnection networks have become pervasive in their traditional application as processor-memory and processor-processor interconnect. Point-to-point interconnection networks have replaced buses in an ever widening range of applications that include on-chip interconnect, switches and routers, and I/O systems. In this book, the authors present in a structured way the basic underlying concepts of most interconnection networks and provide representative solutions that have been implemented in the industry or proposed in the research literature. * Gives a coherent, comprehensive treatment of the entire field * Presents a formal statement of the basic concepts, alternative design choices, and design trade-offs * Provides thorough classifications, clear descriptions, accurate definitions, and unified views to structure the knowledge on interconnection networks * Focuses on issues critical to designers.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxiii, 600 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 569-592) and index.
ISBN: 058545745X
9780585457451
9781558608528
1558608524
Index Number: TK5105
CLC: TP393
Contents: Foreword -- Foreword to the First Printing -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- Chapter 2 -- Message Switching Layer -- Chapter 3 -- Deadlock, Livelock, and Starvation -- Chapter 4 -- Routing Algorithms -- Chapter 5 -- CollectiveCommunicationSupport -- Chapter 6 -- Fault-Tolerant Routing -- Chapter 7 -- Network Architectures -- Chapter 8 -- Messaging Layer Software -- Chapter 9 -- Performance Evaluation -- Appendix A -- Formal Definitions for Deadlock Avoidance -- Appendix B -- Acronyms -- References -- Index.