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Table 8.7 Multiprocessor machine parameters. (MP indicates message passing.)
MachineBase Processor
Node (Cluster)
Cluster to Cluster Coherence
Interconnect
Max Processors
DASHMIPS R3000
CD-INV
Static 2D grid
64
KSR-2Proprietary CPU
1 processor
COMA
Ring hierarchy
324K
N-cubeProprietary CPU w/14 I/O channels
1 processor
Message passing
Static hypercube
10008000
Intel ParagonIntel 860
2 processors
Message passing
2D mesh
500
IBM SP2IBM Power 2
1
Message passing
Dynamic Omega
512
Sequent S2000Intel Pentium
30
One cluster (bus-based) Write-invalidate
Invalidate

 
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