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Event parallelism: Distributed memory parallel computing for high energy physics experiments

✍ Scribed by Thomas Nash

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1989
Tongue: English
Weight: 927 KB
Volume: 57
Category: Article
ISSN: 0010-4655
DOI: 10.1016/0010-4655(89)90191-4

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✦ Synopsis

This paper describes the present and expected future development of distributed memory parallel computers for high energy physics experiments. It covers the use of event parallel microprocessor farms, particularly at Fermilab, including both ACP multiprocessors and farms of MicroVAXES. These systems have proven very cost effective in the past. A case is made for moving to the more open environment of UNIX and RISC processors. The 2nd Generation ACP Multiprocessor System, which is based on powerful RISC systems, is described. Given the promise of still more extraordinary increases in processor performance, a new emphasis on point to point, rather than bussed, communication will be required. Developments in this direction are described.

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