Cray T3D: a new dimension for Cray Research

The authors present Cray Research's massively parallel processing (MPP) philosophy, together with a brief description of the design of the Cray T3D, the first MPP designed by Cray Research. They give a brief overview of the important features of the Cray T3D, including the 3-D torus interproces...

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Main Authors: Kessler, R.E., Schwarzmeier, J.L.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospheric modeling
Computational fluid dynamics
Data processing
Electromagnetic analysis
Microprocessors
Parallel processing
Programming profession
Scalability
Solid modeling
Supercomputers
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Summary:The authors present Cray Research's massively parallel processing (MPP) philosophy, together with a brief description of the design of the Cray T3D, the first MPP designed by Cray Research. They give a brief overview of the important features of the Cray T3D, including the 3-D torus interprocessor interconnect. They discuss in more detail the motivation for the 3-D torus interconnect. Using a very simple capacity model of network performance, they show how three dimensions provide a solid balance between locality and scalability up to thousands of nodes.< >
DOI:10.1109/CMPCON.1993.289660