Switcherland: A scalable interconnection structure for distributed systems
Switcherland is a scalable interconnection structure for distributed systems. It is scalable in that it uses switches that can serve as an I/O interconnection structure of a workstation as well as a network interconnection structure of a cluster of workstations. Switcherland realizes a distributed shared memory, that is, local communication within a workstation as well as remote communication within a cluster of workstations translate to load and store operations. Further, Switcherland offers quality of service (QoS) in that memory is accessed at guaranteed rates and in bounded time. The natural programming model offered by the distributed shared memory and the real-time support provided in the form of QoS make Switcherland an ideal platform for distributed multimedia applications.
interconnection structure distributed shared memory quality of service cluster computing