Massively Parallel Procesor (MPP) Architectures

• Network interface is close to processor

• Generally locked to specific processor architecture

• Time-to-market is long, because processor must be available or must work closely with processor designers.

• Optional I/O on a node

I/O Bus

Memory Bus

Processor

Cache

Main

Memory

Disk

Controller

Disk

Disk

Network

Interface

Network

I/O Bridge

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