CSN-SPD: A Super Node Prioritized Dispatching Algorithm for Taming Communication Walls in Massive AI Clusters

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Authors: Liang Guo, Lina Xie, J Li, J Li
Cited by: 1
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Abstract

To overcome the “communication wall” where Model FLOPs Utilization (MFU) drops below 30% in 4,096-node clusters, this paper proposes a Computing Star Network (CSN) architecture leveraging Super-nodes for architectural “logical folding”. We introduce an Interconnected Energy Level coefficient$(\zeta)$to quantify the scale-up advantages of high-speed bus matrices and unified memory addressing. Based on this framework, the CSN-SPD algorithm is designed to implement “gravity suppression,” proactively anchoring communication-intensive tasks within high-bandwidth super-node domains. Extensive simulations demonstrate that the proposed scheme sustains a 71.8 % MFU and achieves a 92.9 % reduction in synchronization latency compared to DCQCN-enabled baselines at a 4,096-node scale. Our results validate that energy-level quantization is critical for deterministic performance in hyperscale AI infrastructure.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks Optimization and Search Problems

Publication details

Journal / source
2026 5th International Symposium on Computer Applications and Information Technology (ISCAIT)
Publisher
IEEE
Pages
1591–1595
Publication date
23 January 2026