The Star 910/VP as a scientific computer in Sun networks

Author

Culler, G.J.

Author_Institution

Star Technol. Inc., Goleta, CA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

Feb. 25 1991-March 1 1991

Firstpage

86

Lastpage

89

Abstract

A network of Sun workstations implemented in the SPARC architecture provides a basis for convenient sharing of scientific computing results, both as procedures and data, through strict adherence to accepted standards. The purpose of the Star 910/VP is to provide a compatible extension of the SPARC architecture so that large-scale scientific computing can be made available as a facility of such networks. The second SPARC-coprocessor port is used to provide SPARC-vector operations both for vector arithmetic and for vector memory management. Both types of vector operations provide an order-of-magnitude increase in performance for medium- and large-scale vectors and a two-orders-of-magnitude increase in special cases.<>

Keywords

digital arithmetic; parallel architectures; workstations; SPARC architecture; SPARC-coprocessor port; SPARC-vector operations; Star 910/VP; Sun networks; Sun workstations; scientific computer; vector arithmetic; vector memory management; Arithmetic; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Intelligent networks; Laplace equations; Large-scale systems; Memory management; Scientific computing; Sun; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Compcon Spring '91. Digest of Papers

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2134-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPCON.1991.128788

Filename

128788