Design and implementation of the NUMAchine multiprocessor

Author

Grbic, A. ; Brown, Shannon ; Gusat, Mitch ; Lemieux, George ; Manjikian, Naraig ; Srbljic, S. ; Stumm, Michael ; Vranesic, Z. ; Zilic, Zeljko ; Zillc, Z.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada

fYear

1998

fDate

19-19 June 1998

Firstpage

66

Lastpage

69

Abstract

This paper describes the design and implementation of the NUMAchine multiprocessor. As the market for CC-NUMA multiprocessors expands, this research project provides a timely architectural design and cost-effective prototype. The key to the successful implementation of our 48-processor prototype is the use of off-the-shelf components and programmable logic devices. Since this machine will serve as a research vehicle for parallel software development, a number of hardware features to enhance experimentation have been included in the design.

Keywords

multiprocessing systems; parallel programming; programmable logic devices; 48-processor prototype; NUMAchine multiprocessor; architectural design; cost-effective prototype; design; hardware features; implementation; off-the-shelf components; parallel software development; programmable logic devices; Bandwidth; Coherence; Computer architecture; Costs; Delay; Hardware; Permission; Programmable logic devices; Prototypes; Software prototyping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design Automation Conference, 1998. Proceedings

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-89791-964-5

Type

conf

Filename

724441