Title :
A floating point engine for lattice gauge calculations
Author :
Husby, D. ; Atac, R. ; Cook, A. ; Deppe, J. ; Fischler, M. ; Gaines, I. ; Nash, T. ; Pham, T. ; Zmuda, T. ; Eichten, E. ; Hockney, G. ; Mackenzie, P. ; Thacker, H.B. ; Toussaint, D.
Author_Institution :
Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL, USA
fDate :
2/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The Fermilab Advanced Computer Program Multiple Array Processor System, which dedicated to solving problems in the field of quantum chromodynamics, is discussed. A typical system with 256 processors, 2.5 Gb of memory, and 64 Gb of online tape storage, delivers a peak performance of 5 billion floating point operations per second. The programming environment, Canopy, provides a comprehensive, hardware-independent, distributed processing platform from within the more familiar environments of FORTRAN, C, and elements of the system and give a brief description of the Canopy software
Keywords :
physics computing; programming environments; 2.5 GB; 64 GB; C; Canopy software; FORTRAN; Fermilab Advanced Computer Program Multiple Array Processor System; lattice gauge calculations; memory; online tape storage; Backplanes; Costs; Engines; Hardware; Laboratories; Lattices; Physics computing; Quantum computing; Switches; USA Councils;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
