David A. Bader IEEE Fellow AAAS Fellow Professor College of Computing Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA 30332 Email address protected by JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript to contact me.
In this paper, a generalized topology of Block Shift Networks (BSNs), named Generalized Block Shift Network (GBSN), is proposed for interconnection networks in clusters. The BSNs possess many desirable topological features, such as flexibility in node degree, small diameter and average distance, and easy VLSI implementation. However, the regular structure of each block in BSN is not suitable for the networks in clusters that usually have arbitrary number of nodes. The proposed GBSN offers a balance between regularity and irregularity of the interconnection networks for clusters. We also analyze the embedding of the BSN into the GBSN, and discuss the versatility of the GBSN in terms of slowdown factors compared to the BSN.
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Last updated: July 25, 2004
Computational Biology Parallel Computing Combinatorics
