Title :
Parallel structures for efficient and reliable general purpose computing
Author_Institution :
IBM Boblingen Lab., Germany
Abstract :
A general-purpose parallel processing structure has been prototyped facilitating an any-to-any intercommunication network for interconnecting up to 64 general-purpose processors and their memories, based on a high-speed crosspoint switch. This prototype is used for real problem processing as well as for further application software development. A short description is presented of the hardware and software implementation of this IBM-CERN parallel processing prototype
Keywords :
multiprocessor interconnection networks; parallel architectures; IBM-CERN parallel processing prototype; any-to-any intercommunication network; application software development; crosspoint switch; general purpose computing; general-purpose processors; memories; parallel processing structure; real problem processing; Application software; Communication switching; Computer interfaces; Concurrent computing; Microprocessors; Parallel processing; Performance evaluation; Prototypes; Software design; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
CompEuro '91. Advanced Computer Technology, Reliable Systems and Applications. 5th Annual European Computer Conference. Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
Bologna
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2141-9
DOI :
10.1109/CMPEUR.1991.257432
