Wilson, A. 1987. Proc. of 14 Int'l Symp. on Computer Architecture. The Switch Cache Interconnect Network topology plays an important role in determining the paths from a source to a destination in the system. In addition, the MIN is highly scalable and it provides a bisection bandwidth that scales linearly with the number of nodes in the system. Symp. on Comp.
PE modifies a shared variable for which it has a valid cache entry.
This kind of passive monitoring is not possible in a parallel computer with a multistage interconnection network there is simply no central resource to monitor. Furthermore , the caches are too distant from the data to systematically detect inconsistencies. The Switch Cache Interconnect Network topology plays an important role in determining the paths from a source to a destination in the system. In addition, the MIN is highly scalable and it provides a bisection bandwidth that scales linearly with the number of nodes in the system. The Switch Directory Interconnect Network topology plays an important role in determining the paths from a source to a destination in the system.