An analysis of distributed computing software and hardware for applications in computational physics

Author

Coddington, P.D.

Author_Institution

Northeast Parallel Archit. Center, Syracuse Univ., NY, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

20-23 Jul 1993

Firstpage

179

Lastpage

186

Abstract

The author has implemented a set of computational physics codes on a network of IBM RS/6000 workstations used as a distributed parallel computer. He compares the performance of the codes on this network, using both standard Ethernet connections and a fast prototype switch, and also on the nCUBE/2, a MIMD parallel computer. The algorithms used range from simple, local, and regular to complex, non-local, and irregular. He describes his experiences with the hardware, software and parallel languages used, and discusses ideas for making distributed parallel computing on workstation networks more easily usable for computational physicists

Keywords

distributed processing; network operating systems; parallel languages; physics computing; Ethernet connections; MIMD parallel computer; computational physics; distributed computing software; distributed parallel computer; fast prototype switch; hardware; nCUBE/2; network of IBM RS/6000 workstations; parallel languages; performance; Code standards; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Distributed computing; Ethernet networks; Hardware; Physics computing; Software prototyping; Switches; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Performance Distributed Computing, 1993., Proceedings the 2nd International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Spokane, WA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3900-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HPDC.1993.263843

Filename

263843