Myrinet: a gigabit-per-second local area network

IEEE MicroPublished 1 January 1995

N.J. Boden, D. Cohen, Robert E. Felderman, Alan E. Kulawik, Charles L. Seitz, Jakov N. Seizovic

DOI10.1109/40.342015

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The Myrinet local area network employs the same technology used for packet communication and switching within massively parallel processors, but with the highest performance per unit cost of any current LAN.

Abstract

The Myrinet local area network employs the same technology used for packet communication and switching within massively parallel processors. In realizing this distributed MPP network, we developed specialized communication channels, cut-through switches, host interfaces, and software. To our knowledge, Myrinet demonstrates the highest performance per unit cost of any current LAN.>

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