Basic HTML version of Foils prepared 21 October 1995

Foil 64 Delta System Overview

From New CPS615 Foils-- B 28 August 95 CPS615 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science -- Fall Semester 95. by Geoffrey C. Fox


1 Computational Characteristics
  • Peak Speed 30.8 GFlops (DP)
  • Total Memory 8.2 GBytes
  • Disk Capacity 95 GBytes
2 System Characteristics
  • Processors consist of 572 heterogeneous nodes including 513 i860 compute processors
  • System Architecture -- 16x36 2-dimensional mesh
3 Physical Characteristics
  • System Size -- 16 ft. long, 5 ft. high, 3 ft. deep
  • Cooling Method -- Air Cooled
4 Communications Characteristics
  • Interconnect Network
    • 2-dimensional mesh
    • Bidirectional data flow
    • Packet-switched network of routing chips
  • Internode Communications
    • 60-80 msec software latency
    • 28 MBytes/s bandwidth

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