Design and Evaluation of the Combined Input and Crossbar Queued ( CICQ ) Switch

Acknowledgements I would like to express my gratitude to my advisor Dr. Kenneth J. Christensen for providing me tremendous opportunities and support. He has opened the door for me to pursue an academic career, and has mentored me to a great extent. I would not have been able to come this far, had I not had his valuable advice throughout my Ph.D. studies. I would like to thank my committee: of South Florida for financial support. And last, but not least, I would like to acknowledge my parents. I dedicate this to you since it would not have been possible without your unconditional support. List of Tables Table 4.1 – Calculated and simulated minimum BURST values for l 1 = 0.98 69 Table 4.2 – Calculated and simulated minimum BURST values for l 1 = 0.99 69 Table 6.1 – Evaluation of delay (nanoseconds) 107 Table 6.2 – Evaluation of space (FPGA BELs) 107 vi List of Figures Figure 1.1 – Packet switches in the Internet 2 Figure 1.2 – Internet traffic vs. switch speed 4 Figure 2.