The introduction of high-speed serial communication links and general purpose VLSI routers offers new opportunities in system design. C104 routers can be used to construct high throughput, low latency interconnection networks for use in telecommunications, parallel computers and electronic systems in general. The T9000 transputer with its integrated communication links can be connected directly to these networks, providing high performance datahandling, protocol conversion and network control. This book concentrates on aspects related to scaleable general-purpose high-performance computing, low-latency message passing and parallel processing.
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Höhe: 240 mm
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978-90-5199-129-1 (9789051991291)
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Part 1 Transputers and routers - components for concurrent machines: transputers; routers; message routing; addressing; universal routing. Part 2 The T9000 communications architecture: the IMS T9000; instruction set basics and processes; implementation of communications; alternative input; shared channels and resources; use of resources. Part 3 DS-links and C104 routers: using links between devices; levels of link protocol; channel communication; errors on links; network communications - the IMS C104. Part 4 Connecting DS-links: signal properties of transputer links; PCB connections; cable connections; error rates; optical interconnections; standards. Part 5 Using links for system control: control networks; system initialization; debugging; errors; embedded applications; control system; commands. Part 6 Models of DS-link performance: performance of the DS-link protocol; bandwidth effects of latency; a model of contention in a single C104. Part 7 Performance of C104 networks: the C104 switch; networks and routing algorithms; the networks investigated; the traffic patterns; universal routing; results; performance predictability. Part 8 General purpose parallel computers: universal message passing machines; networks for universal message passing machines; building universal parallel computers from T9000s and C104s. Part 9 The implementation of large parallel database machines on T9000 and C104 networks: database machines; review of the T8 design; an interconnection strategy; data storage; interconnection strategy; relational processing; referential integrity processing; concurrency management; complex data types; recovery; resource allocation and scalability. Part 10 A generic architecture of ATM systems: an introduction to asynchronous transfer mode; ATM systems; mapping ATM onto DS-links. Part 11 An enabling infrastructure for a distributed multimedia industry: network requirements for multimedia; integration and scaling; directions in networking technology; convergence of applications, communications and parallel processing; a multimedia industry - the need for standard inferfaces; outline of a multimedia architecture; levels of conformance; building stations from components; mapping the architecture onto transputer technology. Appendices: new link cable connector; link waveforms; DS-link electrical specification; an equivalent circuit for DS-link output pads.
