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Article #146Re: Ncube-10: not always 2^10
From: grunwald
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1988 13:11
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1988 13:11
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The NCube-10 has 11 DMA channels per node. The 11th channel is routed to the back-plane for I/O. While you could upgrade the N-cube to a 2^11 machine, it would mean no I/O, which doesn't make it very useful. If you want to shove in more than 2^10, you'd have to change the topology.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!gatech!hubcap!grunwald From: grunwald@M.CS.UIUC.EDU Newsgroups: comp.hypercube Subject: Re: Ncube-10: not always 2^10 Message-ID: <997@hubcap.UUCP> Date: 22 Feb 88 13:11:39 GMT Sender: fpst@hubcap.UUCP Lines: 6 Approved: hypercube@hubcap.clemson.edu