1996 International Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms and Networks (ISPAN '96)
MPPs and clusters for scalable computing
Beijing, CHINA
June 12-June 14
ISBN: 0-8186-7460-1
Zhiwei Xu, Nat. Center for Intelligent Comput., Acad. Sinica, Beijing, China
Kai Hwang, Nat. Center for Intelligent Comput., Acad. Sinica, Beijing, China
This article assess the state-of-the-art technology in massively parallel processors (MPPs) and clusters of workstations (COWs) for scalable parallel computing. We evaluate the IBM SP2, the Intel Paragon, the Cray T3D/T3E, and the ASCI TeraFLOPS system recently proposed by Intel. The concept of scalability is characterized from several orthogonal dimensions. Scalable performance attributes are discussed in the context of a newly proposed parallel computer model.
Index Terms:
reconfigurable architectures; parallel architectures; performance evaluation; scalable computing; massively parallel processors; MPPs; clusters of workstations; scalable parallel computing; IBM SP2; Intel Paragon; Cray T3D/T3E; ASCI TeraFLOPS; Intel; scalability; performance attributes
Citation:
Zhiwei Xu, Kai Hwang, "MPPs and clusters for scalable computing," ispan, pp.117, 1996 International Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms and Networks (ISPAN '96), 1996