Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site utecfa.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!utai!uthub!utecfa!szymans From: szymans@utecfa.UUCP (Ted Szymanski) Newsgroups: ut.general Subject: Cider Seminar on An Expandable Fault Tolerant Multiprocessor Message-ID: <1754@utecfa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 14:35:38 EST Article-I.D.: utecfa.1754 Posted: Wed Oct 30 14:35:38 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Oct-85 16:44:42 EST Organization: Engineering Computing Facility, University of Toronto Lines: 22 Cider Seminar Series An Expandable Fault Tolerant Multiprocessor Architecture By Steve Germann Room GB 221 Time: 12:05 Date: Friday, Nov. 1st, 1985 Abstract A high-speed local area network interconnects processor-memory pairs to provide a means of implementing a pseudo-shared memory interface. One possible configuration is that of a cylindrical banyan network, with the outputs folded back to the inputs, and all 2 by 2 switches replaced by combination switching elements and processor/memory pairs. Network configuration, and its effects on fault tolerance will be considered. The effects of various architectural choices on the types of application programs that run well on the machine will also be discussed.