DocumentCode
3315739
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
fYear
1988
fDate
Feb. 29 1988-March 3 1988
Firstpage
457
Lastpage
461
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CMPCON.1988.4911
Filename
4911
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