The Network Architecture of the Connection Machine CM-5 (1992)
| Venue: | Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing |
| Citations: | 75 - 2 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Leiserson92thenetwork,
author = {Charles Leiserson and Zahi S. Abuhamdeh and David C. Douglas and Carl R. Feynman and Mahesh N. Ganmukhi and Jeffrey V. Hill and W. Daniel Hillis and Bradley C. Kuszmaul and Margaret A. St. Pierre and David S. Wells and Monica C. Wong-chan and Shaw-wen Yang and Robert Zak},
title = {The Network Architecture of the Connection Machine CM-5},
booktitle = {Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing},
year = {1992},
pages = {272--285}
}
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Abstract
The Connection Machine Model CM-5 Supercomputer is a massively parallel computer system designed to offer performance in the range of 1 teraflops (10 12 floating-point operations per second). The CM-5 obtains its high performance while offering ease of programming, flexibility, and reliability. The machine contains three communication networks: a data network, a control network, and a diagnostic network. This paper describes the organization of these three networks and how they contribute to the design goals of the CM-5. 1 Introduction In the design of a parallel computer, the engineering principle of economy of mechanism suggests that the machine should employ only a single communication network to convey information among the processors in the system. Indeed, many parallel computers contain only a single network: typically, a hypercube or a mesh. The Connection Machine Model CM-5 Supercomputer has three networks, however, and none is a hypercube or a mesh. This paper describes the...
