The Red Storm Architecture and Early Experiences with Multi-Core Processors

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Author(s): James L. Tomkins (Sandia National Laboratories, USA), Ron Brightwell (Sandia National Laboratories, USA), William J. Camp (Sandia National Laboratories, USA), Sudip Dosanjh (Sandia National Laboratories, USA), Suzanne M. Kelly (Sandia National Laboratories, USA), Paul T. Lin (Sandia National Laboratories, USA), Courtenay T. Vaughan (Sandia National Laboratories, USA), John Levesque (Cray Inc., USA)and Vinod Tipparaju (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 19
Source title: Technology Integration Advancements in Distributed Systems and Computing
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Nik Bessis (Edge Hill University, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0906-8.ch012

Keywords: Computer Science & IT / Engineering Science Reference / Grid & High Performance Computing / High Performance Computing

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The Red Storm architecture, which was conceived by Sandia National Laboratories and implemented by Cray, Inc., has become the basis for most successful line of commercial supercomputers in history. The success of the Red Storm architecture is due largely to the ability to effectively and efficiently solve a wide range of science and engineering problems. The Cray XT series of machines that embody the Red Storm architecture have allowed for unprecedented scaling and performance of parallel applications spanning many areas of scientific computing. This paper describes the fundamental characteristics of the architecture and its implementation that have enabled this success, even through successive generations of hardware and software.

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