Some Hardware Issues: the
compute node
Slide 2
Efficiency Issues
Compute Nodes
Compute Nodes: FSB
The Front Side Bus(FSB)
FSB Bottleneck:
FSB Bottleneck contd….
More on FSB:
"Wherever possible
the B/F..."
Networking Issues
Single or multiple CPU’s per node?
Some solutions:
Software Issues
"Structure of
Arrays:"
Exploiting Register
Structure
KABRU – The Massive
Cluster at IMSc
How it was built…..
The Team that built it ..
"It was decided to
build..."
Pilot Cluster Node
Configuration
Slide 22
System Interconnects
Phase II
Phase II ( Also the
final) Configuration
KABRU in Final Form
Slide 27
Where does it stand
internationally?