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Wormhole Routing
Transmit a 100 byte message through a 100 MB/s network.
1
mu
s transmission time.
Store and forward:
1 nodes: 1
mu
s.
8 nodes: 8
mu
s.
Wormhole: 4 bytes/flit.
1 node: 1
mu
s.
8 node:
1+7/25=1.28
mu
s.
Distance of communication does not matter any more!
Author:
Wolfgang Schreiner
Last modification: November 15, 1996