Can any one explain the difference between interconnects and buses? I think we have covered what's unique about bus in class, but I didn't get it.
Penguin
From my understanding, a bus is a connection between different pieces in which one at a time can broadcast a message to everything else connected to the bus.
kayvonf
An interconnect is the network connecting a number of clients in a parallel machine (processors, caches, memories). A bus is a particular type of interconnect.
Can any one explain the difference between interconnects and buses? I think we have covered what's unique about bus in class, but I didn't get it.
From my understanding, a bus is a connection between different pieces in which one at a time can broadcast a message to everything else connected to the bus.
An interconnect is the network connecting a number of clients in a parallel machine (processors, caches, memories). A bus is a particular type of interconnect.