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What is the main difference between static networks and dynamic networks?
What is the main difference between static networks and dynamic networks?
Static networks consist of point-to-point communication links between processors, whereas dynamic networks are built using switches and communication links, and the communication links are connected to one another dynamically using the switches.
What is network latency, and how does it differ from communication latency?
What is network latency, and how does it differ from communication latency?
Network latency is the time to transfer a message through the network, whereas communication latency is the transmission time plus overhead.
What is the significance of bisection width in evaluating a network?
What is the significance of bisection width in evaluating a network?
Bisection width is the minimum number of links that must be cut to partition the network into two equal or almost equal halves, and it indicates potential communication bottlenecks.
What is the main distinction between shared-address-space machines and message-passing platforms?
What is the main distinction between shared-address-space machines and message-passing platforms?
What is the primary advantage of shared-address-space architectures?
What is the primary advantage of shared-address-space architectures?
What is the role of switches in dynamic networks?
What is the role of switches in dynamic networks?
What is bandwidth in the context of interconnection networks?
What is bandwidth in the context of interconnection networks?
What is the significance of diameter in evaluating a network?
What is the significance of diameter in evaluating a network?
What is the primary characteristic of a Uniform Memory Access (UMA) platform?
What is the primary characteristic of a Uniform Memory Access (UMA) platform?
What is the main difference between Uniform Memory Access (UMA) and Non-uniform Memory Access (NUMA)?
What is the main difference between Uniform Memory Access (UMA) and Non-uniform Memory Access (NUMA)?
Which type of memory access is slower, Uniform Memory Access (UMA) or Non-uniform Memory Access (NUMA)?
Which type of memory access is slower, Uniform Memory Access (UMA) or Non-uniform Memory Access (NUMA)?
What is the main advantage of Non-uniform Memory Access (NUMA) over Uniform Memory Access (UMA)?
What is the main advantage of Non-uniform Memory Access (NUMA) over Uniform Memory Access (UMA)?
What type of applications is Uniform Memory Access (UMA) suitable for?
What type of applications is Uniform Memory Access (UMA) suitable for?
What is a characteristic of non-uniform Memory Access?
What is a characteristic of non-uniform Memory Access?
What is the key characteristic of memory access time in a Uniform Memory Access (UMA) system?
What is the key characteristic of memory access time in a Uniform Memory Access (UMA) system?
What is a characteristic of Message-Passing Platforms?
What is a characteristic of Message-Passing Platforms?
What is the main limitation of Uniform Memory Access (UMA)?
What is the main limitation of Uniform Memory Access (UMA)?
What is required for message passing?
What is required for message passing?
What is the time taken to prepare a message for transmission and handle it at the sending and receiving nodes called?
What is the time taken to prepare a message for transmission and handle it at the sending and receiving nodes called?
What type of applications is Non-uniform Memory Access (NUMA) suitable for?
What type of applications is Non-uniform Memory Access (NUMA) suitable for?
What is the time taken by the header of a message to travel between two directly connected nodes in the network called?
What is the time taken by the header of a message to travel between two directly connected nodes in the network called?
What is the time taken by each word to traverse the link called?
What is the time taken by each word to traverse the link called?
What is the total time taken for a message of size m to traverse l links?
What is the total time taken for a message of size m to traverse l links?
How does the bandwidth of a channel affect the per-word transfer time?
How does the bandwidth of a channel affect the per-word transfer time?
What is the primary characteristic of a Parallel Random Access Machine (PRAM)?
What is the primary characteristic of a Parallel Random Access Machine (PRAM)?
What is the primary function of interconnection networks in parallel computers?
What is the primary function of interconnection networks in parallel computers?
What is the difference between static and dynamic interconnection networks?
What is the difference between static and dynamic interconnection networks?
What determines the cost of a switch in an interconnection network?
What determines the cost of a switch in an interconnection network?
How do processors communicate with the network?
How do processors communicate with the network?
What impacts the performance of the network according to the text?
What impacts the performance of the network according to the text?
What is the significance of the per-hop time th in parallel computers?
What is the significance of the per-hop time th in parallel computers?
What is the composition of a PRAM?
What is the composition of a PRAM?
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