Crispin-Bailey, Christopher orcid.org/0000-0003-0613-9698, Kamali Sarvestani, Amir Mansoor and Austin, James orcid.org/0000-0001-5762-8614 (2018) Performance Analysis of a 3D Wireless Massively Parallel Computer. Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks. 16. ISSN 2224-2708
Abstract
In previous work, the authors presented a 3D hexagonal wireless direct-interconnect network for a massively parallel computer, with a focus on analysing processor utilisation. In this study, we consider the characteristics of such an architecture in terms of link utilisation and power consumption. We have applied a store-and-forward packet-switching algorithm to both our proposed architecture and a traditional wired 5D direct network (the same as IBM’s Blue Gene). Simulations show that for small and medium-size networks the link utility of the proposed architecture is comparable with (and in some cases even better than) traditional 5D networks. This work demonstrates that there is a potential for wireless processing array concepts to address High-Performance Computing (HPC) challenges whilst alleviating some significant physical construction drawbacks of traditional systems.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 by the authors |
Keywords: | wireless networks,packet-switching,buffer management,on-chip radio communication,parallel computing,interconnect network,link utility,power consumption |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Computer Science (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 19 Apr 2018 13:40 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2025 17:32 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/jsan7020018 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/jsan7020018 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:129869 |