Improving Hierarchical Architecture Performance with Dynamic Segmentation
Journal
IEEE International Conference on System, Man and Cybernetics
Pages
801 –806
Date Issued
1991-01
Author(s)
Abstract
Dynamic segmentation is a method for improving the performance of cooperating tasks executed on loosely coupled multiprocessors. Four different data transfer techniques that can be used for intersegment data transfers in dynamically segmented buses are analyzed. Preemptive data transfers are considered for uniform message latencies and results are provided for message latency comparisons using various locality factors. These results indicate dynamic segmentation improves performance considerably, at a fraction of the cost of more complex interconnection networks such as multiple buses.>
Type
conference paper