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Bug 1198: figuur 7 fixed

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...@@ -709,18 +709,18 @@ Figure~\ref{fig:cn-processing}. ...@@ -709,18 +709,18 @@ Figure~\ref{fig:cn-processing}.
\label{fig:round-robin} \label{fig:round-robin}
\end{figure} \end{figure}
The I/O~node chops the data stream that comes from the station into chunks of The I/O~node chops the data stream that comes from the station into
one frequency subband and approximately one second of time. chunks of one frequency subband and approximately one second of time.
Such a chunk is the unit of data that is sent to the compute node for further Such a chunk is the unit of data that is sent to the compute node for
processing. further processing. Since processing a chunk typically takes much
Since processing a chunk typically takes much longer than one second, longer than one second, the chunks are distributed round robin over a
the chunks are distributed round robin over a group of processor cores, group of processor cores, as illustrated by
as illustrated by Figure~\ref{fig:round-robin}. Figure~\ref{fig:round-robin}. Subsequent chunks are processed by
Subsequent chunks are processed by different processor cores. different processor cores. A core must finish its work before it is
A core must finish its work before it is time to process the next chunk. time to process the next chunk. A core first receives data from the
A core first receives data from the I/O~node (green in the figure), I/O~node (green in the figure, the left side of the bars), processes
processes them (yellow), sends back the results (red), and idles until the them (yellow, middle part of the bars), sends back the results (red,
I/O~node sends new data. right side of the bars), and idles until the I/O~node sends new data.
For simplicity, Figure~\ref{fig:round-robin} shows the processing of For simplicity, Figure~\ref{fig:round-robin} shows the processing of
three subbands on six cores. three subbands on six cores.
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