Talk:Main Page/CSC 456 Fall 2013/1a bc

Round 2 comments

Please insert a link to the previous (2012) version of the page.

The Cluster Computers table has most of the information in the Specifications column. Consider splitting it into multiple columns, e.g., processor chip, interconnect, OS.

Last time, we talked about looking at trends from Top500.org. You could include graphs (being careful to cite the source!) and discuss what they show.

Other comments

Observe trends, pulling data from Top500 Architecture statistics -mpp, constellations gone 2007 Number of cores Interconnects

Of interest? IBM Blue Gene/Q design uses 18-core processor, 16 computer cores, 1 OS core, 1 non-functional manufacturing spare.