The communication challenge for MPP: Intel Paragon and Meiko CS-2

✍ Scribed by Roger W. Hockney

• Book ID: 104304416
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 507 KB
• Volume: 20
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0167-8191
• DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8191(06)80021-9

✦ Synopsis

The communication performance of the Intel iPSC/860, Paragon XP/S and the Meiko CS-2 are compared using the COMMS1 benchmark from the Genesis Parallel Benchmark Suite. The challenge to distributed-memory massively-parallel processors presented by the Cray-C90 shared memory computer is highlighted by re-interpreting vector processing results as though they were measuring communication startup and bandwidth. The results show a wide gap between the two types of computer, in favour of the C-90. These results are for the initial issue of software and hardware of the Paragon and CS-2. Comments from Intel and Meiko are included to show how the manufacturers aim to improve communication performance.