The Cray Y-MP-a VLSI supercomputer

Author

Bowen, S.

Author_Institution

Cray Res. Inc., Chippewa Falls, WI, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

3-5 Oct 1988

Firstpage

21

Lastpage

23

Abstract

The Y-MP computer system comes standard with a powerful input/output subsystem (IOS) and a solid-state storage device (SSD). The IOS acts as a data distribution point for the mainframe, and provides very high I/O bandwidth through the use of parallel I/O processors and direct access to main memory. The SSD is a fast random-access memory device providing high data transfer rates and short access times. The author provides an overview of the computer system, the packaging of the mainframe components, and a brief description of the methods used to design the VLSI circuits, such as the MCA2500ECL Macrocell array

Keywords

VLSI; logic arrays; mainframes; packaging; Cray Y-MP; MCA2500ECL Macrocell array; VLSI supercomputer; data distribution point; high I/O bandwidth; high data transfer rates; input/output subsystem; mainframe components; packaging; parallel I/O processors; random-access memory device; short access times; solid-state storage device; Central Processing Unit; Delay; Lead; Logic arrays; Logic design; Macrocell networks; Packaging; Printed circuits; Supercomputers; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors, 1988. ICCD '88., Proceedings of the 1988 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rye Brook, NY

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0872-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCD.1988.25651

Filename

25651