Performance Evaluation of Multi-Core Multi-Cluster Architecture (MCMCA)
Norhazlina Hamid, Robert John Walters, Gary Brian Wills · Advances in systems analysis, software engineering, and high performance computing book series · 2015
A multi-core cluster is a cluster composed of numbers of nodes where each node has a number of processors, each with more than one core within each single chip. Cluster nodes are connected via an interconnection network. Multi-cored processors are able to achieve higher performance without driving up power consumption and heat, which is the main concern in a single-core processor. A general problem in the network arises from the fact that multiple messages can be in transit at the same time on the same network links. This chapter considers the communication latencies of a multi core multi cluster architecture, investigated using simulation experiments and measurements under various working conditions.