Multiple-bus multiprocessor systems

A multiple-bus multiprocessor system (MMS) is a tightly coupled architecture that utilizes several parallel buses to interconnect multiple processors, shared memory, and shared I/O. An analysis of an MMS is presented, showing that it can provide significant processing power with a small number of buses compared to the number of processors. Results are given for the processing power in an MMS with exponentially distributed memory cycle and service times. These distributions are believed to be an excellent representation of many engineering and scientific applications.<
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