Some Hardware Issues: the compute node

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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

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System Interconnects

Phase II

Phase II ( Also the final) Configuration

KABRU in Final Form

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Where does it stand internationally?