Multistage interconnection networks in multiprocessor systems. A simulation study.
The principal modelling and simulation features of multistage interconnection networks operating in packet switching are discussed in this paper. The networks studied interconnect processors and memory modules in multiprocessor systems. Several methods are included to increase the bandwidth achievable with this kind of networks. Besides using network buffering, the possibility of having queues of requests at the memory modules is considered. Network conflicts can be reduced using a second network...