The Red Storm Architecture and Early Experiences with Multi-core Processors

Journal Article · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 2009 · International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies

DOI:https://doi.org/10.4018/jdst.2010040105· OSTI ID:979605

Tomkins, James L ^[1]; Brightwell, Ron ^[1]; Camp, William J ^[1]; Dosanjh, Sudip ^[1]; Kelly, Suzanne M ^[1]; Lin, Paul T. ^[1]; Vaughan, Courtenay T. ^[1]; Levesque, John ^[2]; Tipparaju, Vinod ^[3]

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1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)
2. Cray, Inc.
3. ORNL

The Red Storm architecture, which was conceived by Sandia National Laboratories and implemented by Cray, Inc., has become the basis for most successful line of commercial supercomputers in history. The success of the Red Storm architecture is due largely to the ability to effectively and efficiently solve a wide range of science and engineering problems. The Cray XT series of machines that embody the Red Storm architecture have allowed for unprecedented scaling and performance of parallel applications spanning many areas of scientific computing. In this paper, we describe the fundamental characteristics of the architecture and its implementation that have enabled this success, even through successive generations of hardware and software.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL); Center for Computational Sciences
• Sponsoring Organization: ORNL work for others
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 979605
• Journal Information: International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies, Journal Name: International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 1; ISSN 1947-3532
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
PARALLEL PROCESSING
PERFORMANCE
SUPERCOMPUTERS