CHAPTER 1

Introduction

Interconnection networks are currently being used for many different applications, ranging from internal buses in very large-scale integration (VLSI) circuits to wide area computer networks. Among others, these applications include backplane buses and system area networks; telephone switches; internal networks for asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and Internet Protocol (IP) switches; processor/memory interconnects for vector supercomputers; interconnection networks for multicomputers and distributed shared-memory multiprocessors; clusters of workstations and personal computers; local area networks; metropolitan area networks; wide area computer networks; and networks for industrial applications. Additionally, the number ...

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