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This is a blocking banyan network as a message passing interconnect.
Recursive definition:
banyan_network(s, s_n) + inputs | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +----+----+ | | | | | | +----------------------v---+ +---v----------------------+ | | | | | | | | | banyan_network(s-1, s_n) | | banyan_network(s-1, s_n) | | | | | | | | | +----------------------+---+ +---+----------------------+ | | | | | | +----+----+ pre_permutation | | | | | +---------------------------v---------------------------+ | | | | | | | banyan_permutation_butterfly(s) | | | | | | | +---------------------------+---------------------------+ | | | | | | post_permutation | | | | | +---------------------------v---------------------------+ | | | | | | | switch_column(s, s_n) | | | | | | | +---------------------------+---------------------------+ | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | + outputs