ECE 412 Computer Architecture Lecture 26: Introduction to Distributed Memory Architectures

12/5/97


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ECE 412 Computer Architecture Lecture 26: Introduction to Distributed Memory Architectures

Interconnect Topology

Hypercube Interconnect

Mesh Interconnect

Message Switching Strategy

Buffer Management Strategy

Buffer Management (cont.)

Buffer Management (cont.)

Routing and Traffic Control Strategies

Routing and Traffic Control (cont.)

Routing and Traffic (cont.)

Special Co-Processor Support for Message Passing

Consistency Model

Sequential Consistency

Relaxed Consistency Models

Relaxed Consistency Models (cont.)

Relaxed Consistency Models (cont.)

 Author: John Wollenburg Sias

Email: sias at crhc.uiuc.edu