
764 CHAPTER 10 Interconnection Network Design
base,
and the interested reader should consult the following references as a starting
point: Agarwal (1991), Dally (1990b), Karol et al. (1987), Kermani and Kleinrock
(1979),
Kruskal and Snir (1983), and Peterson and Davie (1996). In addition, it is
important to note that performance is not the only driving factor in network
designs. Cost and fault tolerance are two other critical criteria. For example, the wir-
ing complexity of the network is a critical issue in several large-scale machines. As
these issues depend quite strongly on specifics of the design and the technology
employed, we will discus ...