Title :
System software for the sciences: taming the single-user supercomputer
Author :
Allen, R. ; Borden, Bruce ; Johnson, Steve ; Kaplan, M. ; Ting, Way ; Wetherell, Charles
Author_Institution :
Dana Comput. Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
fDate :
Feb. 29 1988-March 3 1988
Abstract :
To date, supercomputers have required considerable programming effort to achieve significant fractions of peak speed. The authors highlight the design aspects of the system software in the Titan, a single-user supercomputer, and describe how that software interacts with the hardware to provide efficient supercomputer performance without undue effort. They discuss the operating system, compilers, and graphics.<>
Keywords :
computer graphics; operating systems (computers); parallel machines; program compilers; systems software; compilers; graphics; operating system; single-user supercomputer; system software; Application software; Costs; Displays; File systems; Graphics; Hardware; Operating systems; Supercomputers; System software; Trademarks;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon Spring '88. Thirty-Third IEEE Computer Society International Conference, Digest of Papers
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0828-5
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1988.4911
