Simulations of large multistage interconnection networks used in parallel processing systems are computationally expensive. This paper describes the parallel simulation of a realistic and highly detailed model of the IBM SP2 interconnection network. The challenges involved in efficiently parallelizing such a complex simulation are discussed.
By: Caroline Benveniste (Columbia Univ.) and Philip Heidelberger
Published in: RC20161 in 1995
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