Network supercomputing

Author

Vetter, Ronald J. ; Du, David H C ; Klietz, Alan E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN, USA

Volume

6

Issue

3

fYear

1992

fDate

5/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

44

Abstract

The High Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI), American National Standards Institute (ANSI) draft standard X3T9, which is likely to become the backbone for interconnecting high-performance computing components into a single unit, is reviewed. The current HIPPI operating environment is described, and preliminary performance measurements obtained while transmitting data between Cray-2 and CM-2 computer systems are reported. The use of HIPPI for computationally intensive applications to reduce their total execution time is discussed.<>

Keywords

Cray computers; computer interfaces; computer networks; parallel machines; standards; ANSI Standard; CM-2 supercomputer; Cray-2 supercomputer; HIPPI; High Performance Parallel Interface; computationally intensive applications; network supercomputing; operating environment; performance measurements; ANSI standards; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Differential equations; Hardware; Large-scale systems; Partial differential equations; SONET; Supercomputers; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Network, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0890-8044

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/65.139141

Filename

139141