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Made by [http://www.fujitsu.com/global/ Fujitsu], the K Computer consists of 88,128 processors between 864 cabinets. Each cabinet contains 96 nodes which, in turn, each contain one processor and 16 GBytes of memory. <ref name="kprocs"/> | Made by [http://www.fujitsu.com/global/ Fujitsu], the K Computer consists of 88,128 processors between 864 cabinets. Each cabinet contains 96 nodes which, in turn, each contain one processor and 16 GBytes of memory. <ref name="kprocs"/> | ||
The system is networked together via [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-point_(network_topology)#Point-to-point point-to-point], or direct, connection. <ref name="knetwork"/> | The system is networked together via [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-point_(network_topology)#Point-to-point point-to-point], or direct, connection. <ref name="knetwork"/> | ||
The K Computer is not a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_shared_memory distributed shared memory] (DSM) machine in which the physically separate nodes are addressed as one logically shared address space. Instead, the K Computer utilizes a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_Passing_Interface message passing interface] (MPI), allowing the nodes to pass messages to one another as needed. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 15:53, 11 April 2012
Large-Scale Multiprocessor Examples
Some examples of large-scale multiprocessor systems include Fujitsu's K Computer, the Tianhe-1A from the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin, China, and [another example or two].
K Computer
Made by Fujitsu, the K Computer consists of 88,128 processors between 864 cabinets. Each cabinet contains 96 nodes which, in turn, each contain one processor and 16 GBytes of memory. <ref name="kprocs"/>
The system is networked together via point-to-point, or direct, connection. <ref name="knetwork"/>
The K Computer is not a distributed shared memory (DSM) machine in which the physically separate nodes are addressed as one logically shared address space. Instead, the K Computer utilizes a message passing interface (MPI), allowing the nodes to pass messages to one another as needed.
References
<references> <ref name="kprocs">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_computer</ref> <ref name="knetwork">http://www.riken.jp/engn/r-world/info/release/pamphlet/aics/pdf/2010_09.pdf</ref> </references>