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Foil 37 Impact of Network Topology

From Designing and Building Parallel Programs I: Introduction DoD Modernization Tutorial -- 1995-1998. by Ian Foster, Gina Goff, Ehtesham Hayder, Chuck Koelbel
1 Multicomputer model assumes comm cost independent of location & other comms
2 Real networks are not fully connected
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6 Multicomputer model can break down
7 Ethernet
8 2-D Mesh
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