Title :
A Comparison of Aggregation/Broadcast Methods and Multicomputer Architectures, and an Examination of the Communication Overhead on the IBM pSeries 655
Author :
Markowsky, Linda
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Maine, Orono, ME
Abstract :
First, using a simulator, a detailed comparison of the butterfly and direct aggregation/broadcast methods on both hypercube and fully connected multicomputers, both with and without simulation of congestion, is made. Second, the communication overhead an IBMpSeries 655 is examined.
Keywords :
IBM computers; hypercube networks; multiprocessing systems; IBM pseries 655; aggregation methods; broadcast methods; communication overhead; hypercube; multicomputer architectures; Broadcasting; Computational modeling; Concurrent computing; Costs; Delay effects; Distributed computing; Hypercubes; Iterative algorithms; Jacobian matrices; USA Councils; IBM pSeries 655; aggregation/broadcast method; communication overhead; multicomputer architecture;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications, 2005. IDAACS 2005. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Sofia
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9445-3
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9446-1
DOI :
10.1109/IDAACS.2005.282979
