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| We describe the simple nature of parallel machines like the nCUBE2 |
| Technologies include conventional, superconducting and Quantum systems but the former dominates |
| Sequential architectures are dominated by memory (cache) issues |
| Vector, SIMD MIMD are classic architectures |
| There is a growing interest in distributed metacomputers |
| Special purpose machines are typically not so successful |
| The details of networks is not as important as it used to be! |
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Introduction to Computer Architectures CPS615 Fall Semester 97
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Abstract of CPS615 Architecture Discussion 
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Single nCUBE2 CPU Chip
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64 Node nCUBE Board
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Technologies for High Performance Computers
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Architectures for High Performance Computers - I
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Architectures for High Performance Computers - II
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There is no Best Machine!
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Quantum Computing - I
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Quantum Computing - II
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Quantum Computing - III
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Superconducting Technology -- Past
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Superconducting Technology -- Present
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Superconducting Technology -- Problems
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Ames Summer 97 Workshop on Device Technology -- Moore's Law - I
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Ames Summer 97 Workshop on Device Technology -- Moore's Law - II
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Ames Summer 97 Workshop on Device Technology -- Alternate Technologies I
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Ames Summer 97 Workshop on Device Technology -- Alternate Technologies II
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Ames Summer 97 Workshop on Device Technology -- New Logic Concepts
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Ames Summer 97 Workshop on Device Technology -- RSFQ
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Ames Summer 97 Workshop on Device Technology -- QCA -I
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Ames Summer 97 Workshop on Device Technology -- QCA -II
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Sequential Memory Structure
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Architecture Classes of High Performance Computers
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von Neuman Architecture in a Nutshell
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Illustration of Importance of Cache
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Vector Supercomputers in a Nutshell - I
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Vector Supercomputing in a picture
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Vector Supercomputers in a Nutshell - II
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What is a Pipeline -- Cafeteria Analogy?
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Instruction Flow in A Simple Machine Pipeline
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Example of MIPS R4000 Floating Point
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MIPS R4000 Floating Point Stages
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Flynn's Classification of HPC Systems
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Parallel Computer Architecture Memory Structure
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Comparison of Memory Access Strategies
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Types of Parallel Memory Architectures -- Physical Characteristics
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Diagrams of Shared and Distributed Memories
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Parallel Computer Architecture Control Structure
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Some Major Hardware Architectures - MIMD
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MIMD Distributed Memory Architecture
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Cache Coherent or Not?
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Choices in Cache Coherence
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Some Major Hardware Architectures - SIMD
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SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) Architecture
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Some Major Hardware Architectures - Mixed
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Some MetaComputer Systems
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Comments on Special Purpose Devices
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The GRAPE N-Body Machine
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Why isn't GRAPE a Perfect Solution?
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Granularity of Parallel Components - I
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Granularity of Parallel Components - II
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III. Key drivers: The Need for PetaFLOPS Computing
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10 Possible PetaFlop Applications
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Petaflop Performance for Flow in Porous Media?
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Target Flow in Porous Media Problem (Glimm - Petaflop Workshop)
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NASA's Projection of Memory and Computational Requirements upto Petaflops for Aerospace Applications
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Supercomputer Architectures in Years 2005-2010 -- I
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Supercomputer Architectures in Years 2005-2010 -- II
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Supercomputer Architectures in Years 2005-2010 -- III
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Performance Per Transistor
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Comparison of Supercomputer Architectures
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Current PIM Chips
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New "Strawman" PIM Processing Node Macro
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"Strawman" Chip Floorplan
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SIA-Based PIM Chip Projections
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Classes of Communication Networks
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Switch and Bus based Architectures
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Examples of Interconnection Topologies
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Useful Concepts in Communication Systems
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Latency and Bandwidth of a Network
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Transfer Time in Microseconds for both Shared Memory Operations and Explicit Message Passing
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Latency/Bandwidth Space for 0-byte message(Latency) and 1 MB message(bandwidth).
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Communication Performance of Some MPP's
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Implication of Hardware Performance
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Netlib Benchweb Benchmarks
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Linpack Benchmarks
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