Massively Parallel Processor Machines: The Present and Future of Superconputing
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Authors
Baker, Kirby L.
Issue Date
1993
Type
Thesis
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en_US
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For my Senior Individualized Project, I researched the new age of
supercomputers called Massively Parallel Processor machines(MPP's).
MPP's are the present and future of supercomputing, putting to rest the
traditional vector supercomputer that was mastered by Cray Research. In
this new age of supercomputing, there are several different companies
striving for control of the market, most of which are new to the
supercomputer market. The new firms include Thinking Machines
Corporation, nCube Corporation, and Kendall Square Research.
There are several different types of MPP design, the hypercube, the
fat-tree, the three dimensional torus, in addition to several other topology
types that are less popular. Due to the number of different types of
topologies, the focus of this paper covers the topology types in depth, and
also touches on some of the other factors in the MPP design.
This thesis describes the different techniques used by several
different MPP designers, with a focus on the Connection Machine series
created by Thinking Machines Corporation, as they are one of the most
popular MPP designs as well as one of the market leaders. In the first five
chapters of this paper, the theoretical aspects of MPP design and
implementation are discussed. The last four chapters of the paper discuss
several different MPP machines that are currently on the market, and how
they have implemented the theoretical aspects.
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iv, 37 p.
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