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Tofu: A 6D Mesh/Torus Interconnect for Exascale Computers
November 2009 (vol. 42 no. 11)
pp. 36-40
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Yuichiro Ajima, Shinji Sumimoto, Toshiyuki Shimizu, "Tofu: A 6D Mesh/Torus Interconnect for Exascale Computers," Computer, vol. 42, no. 11, pp. 36-40, November, 2009.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MC.2009.370,
author = {Yuichiro Ajima and Shinji Sumimoto and Toshiyuki Shimizu},
title = {Tofu: A 6D Mesh/Torus Interconnect for Exascale Computers},
journal ={Computer},
volume = {42},
number = {11},
issn = {0018-9162},
year = {2009},
pages = {36-40},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MC.2009.370},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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KW - Keywords: Extreme-scale computing
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Yuichiro Ajima, Fujitsu
Shinji Sumimoto, Fujitsu
A new architecture with a six-dimensional mesh/torus topology achieves highly scalable and fault-tolerant interconnection networks for large-scale supercomputers that can exceed 10 petaflops.

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Index Terms:
Keywords: Extreme-scale computing, High-performance computing, Systems engineering, Tofu
Citation:
Yuichiro Ajima, Shinji Sumimoto, Toshiyuki Shimizu, "Tofu: A 6D Mesh/Torus Interconnect for Exascale Computers," Computer, vol. 42, no. 11, pp. 36-40, Nov. 2009, doi:10.1109/MC.2009.370
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