iWarp multicomputer with an embedded switching network

Abstract This brief describes the iWarp multicomputer architecture. The two components of each iWarp cell, a 20 MFLOPS and 20 MIPS computation agent and a 320 Mbyte s−1 communication agent for interfacing with other cells, can operate independently, but their location on a single chip allows for tight coupling. A variety of communication methods are supported by iWarp.