Parallel Computers: Current Systems and Capabilities

Abstract

The needs of scientific and engineering grand challenge computations are driving the design of current high performance computing systems. We review the background for this development and the essential role played by massively parallel computers (section 1). We describe the various major classifications of massively parallel systems and describe the advantages of each approach (section 2). Finally we survey in detail most of the recent advanced systems, discussing both their hardware and software (sections 3-6).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA461232

Entities

People

  • Oliver A. Mcbryan

Organizations

  • University of Colorado Boulder

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  • Abstracts
  • Availability
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  • Colorado
  • Computations
  • Computers
  • Computing Devices
  • Contracts
  • Engineering
  • High Performance Computing
  • Information Operations
  • Instructions
  • Monitoring
  • Security
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Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Physics

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  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
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  • Technical Research and Report Writing.