An architecture and an interconnection scheme for time-sliced buses

Kovaleski, A.; Ratheal, Steve; Lombardi, Fabrizio

doi:10.1016/0743-7315(87)90005-0

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“…Therefore, SPIDER is designed to bound low-level communication delays. Access to interfaces in SPIDER is governed by fair, demand-slotted arbitration [21], and all of the interfaces are designed to avoid blocking. This allows SPIDER to guarantee that all channels can access the memory within certain bounds.…”

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SPIDER: flexible and efficient communication support for point-to-point distributed systems

Dolter

Daniel

Mehra

et al.

14th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems

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SPIDER is a network adapter that provides scalable communication support for point-to-point distributed systems. The device exports an efficient interface to the host processor, provides transparent support f o r dependable, time-constrained communication, and handles packet routing and switching. The communication suppori provided by SPIDER exploits concurrency between the independent data channels feeding the pointto-point network, and offers flexible and transparent hardware mechanisms. SPIDER allows the host to exercise fine-grain control over its operation, enabling the latter to monitor and influence data transmission and reception efficiently. In the current implementation, SPIDER interfaces to the Ironics IV-3207, a VMEbus-based 68040 card and will be controlled b y xkernel, a communication executive allowing the flexible composition of communication protocols.

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Section: Predictabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

SPIDER: flexible and efficient communication support for point-to-point distributed systems

Dolter

Daniel

Mehra

et al.

14th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems

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A multicomputer architecture with a segmented shared bus

Katsinis

1995

Computers & Electrical Engineering

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Analysis and implementation of hybrid switching

Shin

Daniel

1995

Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture - ISCA '95

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Abstract-The switching scheme of a point-to-point network determines how packets flow through each node, and is a primary element in determining the networks performance. In this paper, we present and evaluate a new switching scheme called hybrid switching. Hybrid switching dynamically combines both virtual cut-through and wormhole switching to provide higher achievable throughput than wormhole alone, while significantly reducing the buffer space required at intermediate nodes when compared to virtual cut-through. This scheme is motivated by a comparison of virtual cut-through and wormhole switching through cycle-level simulations, and then evaluated using the same methods. To show the feasibility of hybrid switching, as well as to provide a common base for simulating and implementing a variety of routing and switching schemes, we have designed SPIDER, a communication adapter built around a custom ASIC called the Programmable Routing Controller (PRC).

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An architecture and an interconnection scheme for time-sliced buses

Cited by 3 publications

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SPIDER: flexible and efficient communication support for point-to-point distributed systems

SPIDER: flexible and efficient communication support for point-to-point distributed systems

A multicomputer architecture with a segmented shared bus

Analysis and implementation of hybrid switching

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