CSC 456 Spring 2012/11b AB

Large-Scale Multiprocessors

Manufacturers

A notable manufacturer of processors used in large-scale multiprocessors is Intel.

Table 1: Processor Manufacturers

Manufacturer	Processor
Fujitsu	SPARC64 VIIIfx 128 Gflop
Intel	Xeon 7500 8-cores
IBM	POWER7
AMD	Opteron 6100

Please add more info on these processors, e.g., tables for #s of cores, processor type, OS, etc. ... some of this should be available at top500.org.

Table 2: Cabinet Manufacturers

Manufacturer	Cabinet	Blade Count
SuperMicro	MP Superserver 8064B-TRLF<ref name="supermicro chassis"/>	4
HP	Integrity Superdome 2<ref name="hp chassis"/>	32
IBM	BladeCenter HT<ref name="ibm chassis"/>	12

References

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