Overview of the Scalable Coherent Interface, IEEE STD 1596 (SCI).
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Total Pages | : 3 |
Release | : 1992 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:727225581 |
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Rating | : 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The Scalable Coherent Interface standard defines a new generation of interconnection that spans the full range from supercomputer memory 'bus' to campus-wide network. SCI provides bus-like services and a shared-memory software model while using an underlying, packet protocol on many independent communication links. Initially these links are 1 GByte/s (wires) and 1 GBit/s (fiber), but the protocol scales well to future faster or lower-cost technologies. The interconnect may use switches, meshes, and rings. The SCI distributed-shared-memory model is simple and versatile, enabling for the first time a smooth integration of highly parallel multiprocessors, workstations, personal computers, I/O, networking and data acquisition.