Multistage Interconnection Network Design for Engineers

by Shilpa Gupta

This textbook provides a quick and easy understanding of multistage interconnection networks (MINs) for engineers. The book contents focus on the design, performance metrics, and evaluation of these networks which are crucial in modern computer architecture. The contents equip engineering students, apprentices and professionals with in-depth knowledge and analysis of MINS, enabling them to build complex computer architectures for efficient data communications and cost effective solutions for circuit design. The book starts with an introduction to MINS and subsequently progresses to the evaluation of a range of MINS (SEN, Gamma-Minus, FTSN, FTGN, SEGIN).Key highlights of the book ·Easy to understand notes on design, reliability and fault tolerance·Covers a wide range of MIN types with notes on design variants·Supplementary information aiding comprehension of the main content.·A curated list of references for further exploration and deeper understanding.

236 pages, Hardcover

Published December 14, 2023

About the author

A chemical engineer from IIT Roorkee, Shilpa Gupta holds a post-graduate degree in management from IIM Ahmedabad. After working as an investment banker for thirteen years in Mumbai, she relocated to Pune in 2007 and quit her corporate career a couple of years later to take care of her two growing boys, Aditya and Ritwik. Apart from mathematics and finance, her interests lie in meditation, writing, painting and travel. Shilpa is married to Sriram, her batch mate from IIT Roorkee. While she has many published financial research papers to her credit, 'Ananya:a bittersweet journey' marks her debut into the world of fiction.