Performance evaluation of a dataflow architecture

Journal Article · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · IEEE Transactions on Computers (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/12.53575· OSTI ID:6845248

Ghosal, D ^[1]; Bhuyan, L N ^[2]

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1. Maryland Univ., College Park, MD (USA). Computer Science Center
2. Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (USA). Dept. of Computer Science

This paper deals with formulation and validation of an analytical approach for the performance evaluation of the Manchester dataflow computer. The analytical approach is based on closed queuing network models. The average parallelism of the dataflow graph being executed on the dataflow architecture is shown to be related to the population of the closed network. The model of the dataflow computer has been validated by comparing the analytical results to those obtained from the prototype Manchester dataflow computer and our simulation. The bottleneck centers in the prototype machine have been identified through the model and various architectural modifications have been investigated from performance considerations.

• OSTI ID: 6845248
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Computers (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA), Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Computers (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA) Vol. 39:5; ISSN ITCOB; ISSN 0018-9340
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990200* -- Mathematics & Computers
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
COMPUTER NETWORKS
DATA-FLOW PROCESSING
GRAPHS
PARALLEL PROCESSING
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PROGRAMMING
QUEUES
TESTING