Title :
A simulation model for the analysis of a cluster-based multiprocessor system
Author :
De Armas, Mario ; Mahgoub, Imad
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL, USA
Abstract :
A cluster-based multiprocessor system that was introduced and analyzed by D. Agrawal and I. Mahgoub (1985, 1987) is considered. The analysis was based on an approximate analytical model, and the results were compared with those obtained for the crossbar and multiple-bus systems using the same model. A simulation model that relaxes two unrealistic assumptions of the approximate analytical model used by Agrawal and Mahgoub is developed here. The results obtained from the simulation model are compared with those obtained from the approximate analytical model for the cluster-based, crossbar, and multiple-bus systems. The simulation results confirm the conclusions arrived at in the previous studies
Keywords :
computer architecture; digital simulation; multiprocessing systems; systems analysis; approximate analytical model; cluster-based multiprocessor system; crossbar system; high level algorithm; multiple bus system; simulation model; Algorithm design and analysis; Analytical models; Clocks; Clustering algorithms; Computational modeling; Multiprocessing systems; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Propagation delay; Switches; Synchronous generators;
Conference_Titel :
System Theory, 1993. Proceedings SSST '93., Twenty-Fifth Southeastern Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tuscaloosa, AL
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3560-6
DOI :
10.1109/SSST.1993.522822
