Rk. Squier et K. Steiglitz, COMPARISON OF 2 APPLICATION-SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURES FOR 2-D MESH COMPUTATIONS, Journal of parallel and distributed computing, 23(3), 1994, pp. 376-381
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences","Computer Science Theory & Methods
This paper considers the question of whether a mesh-connected machine
is always better than a multi-pipelined machine for iterative 2-d mesh
computations. Optimal throughput is determined as a function of a uni
fied measure of resources (cost). The resulting performance curves for
the two architectures show that there is a cost below which the pipel
ined architecture is an order of magnitude faster than the mesh, and a
bove which this relationship is reversed. This methodology of comparin
g architectures using throughput-versus-cost modeling may prove useful
in other contexts. (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc.