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Interconnection Network Design
We have seen throughout this book that scalable high-performance interconnection
networks lie at the core of parallel computer architecture. Our generic parallel
machine has three basic components: the processor-memory nodes, the node-to-
network interface, and the network that holds it all together. The previous chapters
have given a general understanding of the requirements placed on the interconnec-
tion network of a parallel machine; this chapter examines in depth the design of
high-performance interconnection networks for parallel computers. These networks
share basic concepts and terminology with local are ...