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Analysis and Implementation of Hybrid Switching
June 1996 (vol. 45 no. 6)
pp. 684-692
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Kang G. Shin, Stuart W. Daniel, "Analysis and Implementation of Hybrid Switching," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 684-692, June, 1996.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/12.506424,
author = {Kang G. Shin and Stuart W. Daniel},
title = {Analysis and Implementation of Hybrid Switching},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Computers},
volume = {45},
number = {6},
issn = {0018-9340},
year = {1996},
pages = {684-692},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/12.506424},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - JOUR
JO - IEEE Transactions on Computers
TI - Analysis and Implementation of Hybrid Switching
IS - 6
SN - 0018-9340
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A1 - Kang G. Shin,
A1 - Stuart W. Daniel,
PY - 1996
KW - Virtual cut-through switching
KW - wormhole routing
KW - hybrid switching
KW - routing controllers
KW - parallel and distributed multicomputers.
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Abstract—The switching scheme of a point-to-point network determines how packets flow through each node, and is a primary element in determining the network's performance. In this paper, we present and evaluate a new switching scheme called hybrid switching. Hybrid switching dynamically combines both virtual cut-through and wormhole switching to provide higher achievable throughput than wormhole alone, while significantly reducing the buffer space required at intermediate nodes when compared to virtual cut-through. This scheme is motivated by a comparison of virtual cut-through and wormhole switching through cycle-level simulations, and then evaluated using the same methods. To show the feasibility of hybrid switching, as well as to provide a common base for simulating and implementing a variety of routing and switching schemes, we have designed SPIDER, a communication adapter built around a custom ASIC called the Programmable Routing Controller (PRC).

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Index Terms:
Virtual cut-through switching, wormhole routing, hybrid switching, routing controllers, parallel and distributed multicomputers.
Citation:
Kang G. Shin, Stuart W. Daniel, "Analysis and Implementation of Hybrid Switching," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 684-692, June 1996, doi:10.1109/12.506424
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