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As mentioned earlier, the architecture of WSCs is largely defined by the hardware building blocks chosen. This process is analogous to choosing logic elements for implementing a microprocessor, or selecting the right set of chipsets and components for a server platform. In this case, the main building blocks are server hardware, networking fabric, and storage hierarchy components. This chapter focuses on these building blocks, with the objective of increasing the intuition needed for making such choices.
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Barroso, L.A., Hölzle, U., Ranganathan, P. (2019). WSC Hardware Building Blocks. In: The Datacenter as a Computer. Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01761-2_3
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