Supercomputers and Their Performance in Computational Fluid Dynamics
Published on 1. January 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
199 pages
978-3-528-07637-5 (ISBN)
Description
Supercomputer technologies have evolved rapidly since the first commercial-based supercomputer, CRAY-1 was introduced in 1976. In early 1980's three Japanese super computers appeared, and Cray Research delivered the X-MP series. These machines including the later-announced CRAY-2 and NEC SX series created one generation of supercomputers, and the market was spread dramatically. The peak performance was higher than 1 GFLOPS and the compiler improvement was remarkable. There appeared many articles and books that described their architecture and their performance on The late 1980's saw a new generation of supercomputers. several benchmark problems. Following CRAY Y-MP and Hitachi S-820 delivered in 1988, NEC announced SX-3 and Fujitsu announced the VP2000 series in 1990. In addition, Cray Research announced the Y-MP C-90 late in 1991. The peak performance of these machines reached several to a few ten's GFLOPS. The hardware characteristics of these machines are known, but their practical performance has not been well documented so far. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is one of the important research fields that have been progressing with the growth of supercomputers. Today's fluid dynamic re search cannot be discussed without supercomputers and since CFD is one of the im portant users of supercomputers, future development of supercomputers has to take the requirements of CFD into account. There are many benchmark reports available today. However, they mostly use so called kernels. For fluid dynamics researchers, benchmark test on real fluid dynamic codes are necessary.
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Series
Edition
1993 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Wiesbaden
Germany
Publishing group
Vieweg & Teubner
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
199 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
335 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-528-07637-5 (9783528076375)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-322-87863-2
Schweitzer Classification
Content
I.: Cray Y-MP C90 Supercomputer.- 1. Introducing The Cray Y-MP C90 Supercomputer.- 2. Redefining High-Performance Computing.- 3. Bridging the Gap Between Potential and Productivity.- 4. Protecting Your High-End Supercomputing Investments.- 5. The Best Overall Supercomputing Solutions.- 6. New Technologies Maximize System Availability.- 7. Physical Description.- 8. Cray Y-MP C90 Highlights.- 9. The Most Powerful I/O Technology Available.- 10. Input/Output Highlights.- 11. Advanced SSD Technology.- 12. SSD Highlights.- 13. Disk Drives.- 14. Software.- 15. Network Supercomputing.- 16. Supportability.- 17. The Cray Y-MP C90 Supercomputer, Nothing Else Comes Close.- II. Fujitsu VP2000 Series Supercomputer.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Architecture.- 3. Hardware Implementation.- 4. Multiprocessor System.- 5. Hardware Technology.- 6. MSP System.- 7. Unix System.- 8. Language Processing System.- 9. Performance.- 10. Conclusion.- 11. References.- III. Hitachi S-820 Supercomputer System.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Architecture and System Organization.- 3. Logic Structure.- 4. Hardware Technology.- 5. Software.- 6. Performance.- 7. Conclusion.- 8. References.- IV. NEC SX-3 Supercomputer System.- 1. Introduction.- 2. System Configuration.- 3. Processor Configuration and Architecture.- 4. The Super-Ux Operating System.- 5. Fortran and Tools.- 6. Performance Results.- 7. Conclusion.- 8. References.- V. Trends in Vector and Parallel Supercomputer Architectures.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Supercomputer CPU: An Overview.- 3. A Summary of Supercomputer Hardware Characteristics.- 4. Parallel Vector Computation, and Latency in Design.- 5. A Study of Vector Start-Up Time.- 6. Parallel Computation.- 7. Risc Architectures.- 8. Conclusion.- 9. References.- VI. Navier-Stokes Benchmark Tests.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Benchmark Test Features.- 3. Benchmark Test Result - 1.- 4. Benchmark Test Result - 2.- 5. Final Remarks On Both Benchmark Tests.- 6. Cray Y-MP C-90 Benchmark Report.- 7. Future Requirements.- 8. Final Remarks.- 9. Acknowledgment.- 10. References.- VII. Vectorization and Parallelization Techniques for Modern Supercomputers.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Basic Aspects of Vector and Parallel Processing.- 3. Vectorization and Parallelization of Algorithms.- 4. Concluding Remarks.- VIII.: UHSNWT Initiative at National Aerospace Laboratory.- 1. Background of Numerical Wind Tunnel.- 2. Demands in the System Manager's Eyes.- 3. The Uhsnwt Initiative.- 4. Overall Hardware Configuration of the Uhsnwt.- 5. Concluding Remarks.- 6. References.- IX. Addresses of Contributors.