V knige rassmatrivayutsya sistemnye seti dlya mnogoprotsessornykh vychislitel'nykh sistem, kotorye obespechivayut parallel'nuyu beskonfliktnuyu peredachu dannykh mezhdu abonentami seti bez promezhutochnoy buferizatsii v uzlakh seti. Eti sistemnye seti obespechivayut minimal'nye vremena peredachi dannykh i mogut schitat'sya ideal'nymi sistemnymi setyami. Rassmatrivayutsya voprosy narashchivaniya takikh setey na lyuboe chislo abonentov i obespecheniya ikh protsessornoy i kanal'noy otkazoustoychivosti. Otsenivayutsya skhemnaya i kanal'naya slozhnost' ideal'nykh sistemnykh setey. Rassmatrivaetsya vozmozhnost' primeneniya ideal'nykh sistemnykh setey dlya postroeniya otkazoustoychivykh sistem real'nogo vremeni i dlya postroeniya mnogoyadernykh protsessorov na odnom kristalle. Rassmatrivayutsya vozmozhnosti primeneniya ideal'nykh sistemnykh setey kak udobnykh sostavnykh komponent v sistemnykh setyakh sovremennykh vysokoproizvoditel'nykh vychislitel'nykh sistem podobnykh Black Widow (Cray), Jemini (Cray) i Blue Water (IBM), kotorye pozvolyayut mnogokratno povyshat' ikh (setey) kharakteristiki pri minimal'nom povyshenii energopotrebleniya.