Early Performance Results on the NRL SGI Altix 3000 Computer

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Abstract:

Since December 2002 the Naval Research Laboratory NRL has been evaluating an Altix 3000, the newest high performance computing system available from Silicon Graphics, Inc. SCI. The Altix is a departure from the previous products from SGI in that instead of using MIPS processors and the IRIX operating system, the Altix uses the Intel Itanium IA-64 processor and SGI ProPack based on Linux Red Hat operating system. The Altix still has the brick concept of system configuration and the SGI NUMA link for the inter-module network for the shared memory. The Altix runs under a single image of the operating system and supports parallel programming through OpenMP, MPI, CoArray FORTRAN and an automatic parallelizing compiler. Various codes have been evaluated with respect to their ease of portability and their performance on the Altix as compared to other high performance computers.

Author(s):
Anderson, Wendell ; Rosenberg, Robert ; Lanzagorta, Marco
Author Organization(s):
NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS
Descriptive Note:
Conference paper
Supplementary Note:
Presented at the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) Users Group Conference (UGC), held in Williamsburg, Virginia on 7-11 June 2004. The original document contains color images. All DTIC reproductions will be in black and white. This article is from ADA492363 Proceedings of the HPCMP Users Group Conference 2004.
Pagination:
0005

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
NRLD
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_6.1.3_Switching and Routing; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.4_Decide; JCA_5.4.3_Establish Rule Sets; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_6.3.3_Spectrum Management; JCA_4.3_Maintain
Modernization Areas:
Quantum Science and Computing
Communities of Interest:
Human Systems
Descriptor(s):
*COMPUTERS, *COMPILERS, *COMPUTER PROGRAMS, CODING, ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE, CONFIGURATIONS, GRAPHICS, STORAGE, TIME SHARING, MEMORY DEVICES, PARALLEL PROCESSING, SYMPOSIA, FORTRAN
Field(s)/Group(s):
Computer Programming and Software, Computer Hardware
Keyword(s):
*NRL(NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY), SGI(SILICON GRAPHICS INC), LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM, ATM(ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE), COMPONENT REPORTS
Report Date:
2004 Jun 01
Creation Date:
2009 Jan 28