An emulator network for SIMD machine interconnection networks

  • Authors:
  • S. Diane Smith;H. J. Siegel

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • ISCA '79 Proceedings of the 6th annual symposium on Computer architecture
  • Year:
  • 1979

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Abstract

The emulator network, a single stage interconnection network, can be used to simulate a wide variety of single stage and multistage SIMD interconnection networks. These include the STARAN, the omega, the data manipulator, and the Illiac networks. A hardware design for the emulator network is presented. It is shown how the emulator network can be used to test different network control schemes. Its performance in a partitioned machine environment is discussed. It is well suited for use in SIMD system prototypes being built to study the effectiveness of various design parameters.