Abstract
Simple Serial Synchronized (SSS)-Multistage Interconnection Network (MIN) is a novel MIN architecture for connecting processors and memory modules in multiprocessors. Synchronized bit-serial communication simplifies the structure/control, and also solves the pin-limitation problem. Here, design, implementation, and evaluation of a multiprocessor prototype called the SNAIL with the SSS-MIN are presented. The heart of SNAIL is a prototype 1 μm CMOS SSS-MIN gate array chip which exchanges packets from 16 inputs at a 50 MHz clock speed. The message combining is implemented with only a 20% increase in hardware. From empirical evaluation with some application programs, it appears that the latency and synchronization overhead of the SSS-MIN are tolerable, and the bandwidth of the SSS-MIN is sufficient.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1081-1103 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Parallel Computing |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1999 Sep |
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Performance evaluation of SNAIL : A multiprocessor based on the Simple Serial Synchronized Multistage Interconnection Network architecture. / Yamamoto, Junji; Fujiwara, Takashi; Komeda, Takuji; Kamei, Takayuki; Hanawa, Toshihiro; Amano, Hideharu.
In: Parallel Computing, Vol. 25, No. 9, 09.1999, p. 1081-1103.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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