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Distributed-Memory, point-to-point connected MIMD-architectures (multicomputers) realize the communication between their constituent nodes by message-passing interconnection networks. The development of high-speed cut-through-type routing modules for interconnection networks has passed two generations: modules of the first generation offer distributed applications a pseudo-complete interconnection structure; modules of the second generation are enhanced by end-to-end functions which aim at the reduction of the software latency imposed on network nodes. This paper presents a third generation of cut-through routing, a 2-level cut-through routing method, and its utilization for the implementation of efficient, scalable Logical Busses. A Logical Bus represents an abstraction of a global interaction relationship between an arbitrary set of asynchronously operating nodes and allows their convenient coordination.
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Scheidig, H., Schneider, M.F., Spurk, R. (1991). Efficient and scalable logical busses for message-passing interconnection Networks. In: Bode, A. (eds) Distributed Memory Computing. EDMCC 1991. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 487. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0032935
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