The switch fabric architecture has taken center stage in the design community over the past few years. With line card data rates soaring, designers must re-evaluate their backplane architectures in ...
High-speed serial fabrics are becoming commonplace in both proprietary and commercial off-the-shelf systems. These systems use a variety of topologies including “mesh” and “star” configurations. Both ...
Charles Hill, System Architect, Motorola Computer Group, Schaumburg, IL , Martin S. Won, Senior Member, Technical Staff, Altera Corp., San Jose, Calif. Mesh networks can be used to build distributed ...