A High-speed FC-based Token-Routing NIC Used for Cluster System

Author

Yanjing, Lei ; Kejian, Miao ; Chunyan, Ma ; Xiaoyan, Yin ; Jichang, Kang

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Sci., Northwestern Polytech. Univ., Xi´´an

fYear

2006

fDate

Aug. 31 2006-Sept. 1 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

To build a high performance/cost ratio cluster system used for meso-scale numerical weather forecast system for some medium and small cities, a cost-effective new switch network, FC-TRSN, is proposed and the FC-based token-routing NIC is researched. In this NIC, considering the characteristic of small and large packets, each kind of frame is specially designed to maximize the communication efficiency. In addition to the essential transceivers, almost all the functions are integrated into a single FPGA chip. So the NIC has low development cost, good flexibility and high efficiency. Up to now, this NIC has worked smoothly and steadily in a meteorological station in Huzhou, China

Keywords

field programmable gate arrays; network interfaces; switching networks; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication network topology; token networks; transceivers; weather forecasting; China; FC-TRSN; FC-based token-routing NIC; FPGA chip; Huzhou; cluster system; communication efficiency; field programmable gate array; flexibility; meso-scale numerical weather forecast system; meteorological station; switch network; transceivers; ANSI standards; Cities and towns; Communication switching; Costs; Data communication; High-speed networks; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Protocols; Weather forecasting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 2006. APCC '06. Asia-Pacific Conference on

Conference_Location

Busan

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0573-4

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0574-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APCC.2006.255930

Filename

4023038