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Overcoming communication latency barriers in massively parallel scientific computation

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Dror, RO; Grossman, JP; MacKenzie, KM; Towles, B; Chow, E; Salmon, JK; Young, C; Bank, JA; Batson, B; Deneroff, MM; Kuskin, JS; Larson, RH ...
Published in: IEEE Micro
May 1, 2011
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Anton, a massively parallel special-purpose machine that accelerates molecular dynamics simulations by orders of magnitude, uses a combination of specialized hardware mechanisms and restructured software algorithms to reduce and hide communication latency. Anton delivers end-to-end internode latency significantly lower than any other large-scale parallel machine, and its critical-path communication time for molecular dynamics simulations is less than 3 percent that of the next-fastest platform. © 2011 IEEE.

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Brian Towles
Author Brian Towles Electrical and Computer Engineering

Published In

IEEE Micro

DOI

10.1109/MM.2011.38

ISSN

0272-1732

Publication Date

May 1, 2011

Volume

31

Issue

3

Start / End Page

8 / 19

Related Subject Headings

  • Computer Hardware & Architecture
  • 4606 Distributed computing and systems software
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 1006 Computer Hardware
  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
 

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Dror, R. O., Grossman, J. P., MacKenzie, K. M., Towles, B., Chow, E., Salmon, J. K., … Shaw, D. E. (2011). Overcoming communication latency barriers in massively parallel scientific computation. IEEE Micro, 31(3), 8–19. https://doi.org/10.1109/MM.2011.38
Dror, R. O., J. P. Grossman, K. M. MacKenzie, B. Towles, E. Chow, J. K. Salmon, C. Young, et al. “Overcoming communication latency barriers in massively parallel scientific computation.” IEEE Micro 31, no. 3 (May 1, 2011): 8–19. https://doi.org/10.1109/MM.2011.38.
Dror RO, Grossman JP, MacKenzie KM, Towles B, Chow E, Salmon JK, et al. Overcoming communication latency barriers in massively parallel scientific computation. IEEE Micro. 2011 May 1;31(3):8–19.
Dror, R. O., et al. “Overcoming communication latency barriers in massively parallel scientific computation.” IEEE Micro, vol. 31, no. 3, May 2011, pp. 8–19. Scopus, doi:10.1109/MM.2011.38.
Dror RO, Grossman JP, MacKenzie KM, Towles B, Chow E, Salmon JK, Young C, Bank JA, Batson B, Deneroff MM, Kuskin JS, Larson RH, Moraes MA, Shaw DE. Overcoming communication latency barriers in massively parallel scientific computation. IEEE Micro. 2011 May 1;31(3):8–19.

Published In

IEEE Micro

DOI

10.1109/MM.2011.38

ISSN

0272-1732

Publication Date

May 1, 2011

Volume

31

Issue

3

Start / End Page

8 / 19

Related Subject Headings

  • Computer Hardware & Architecture
  • 4606 Distributed computing and systems software
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 1006 Computer Hardware
  • 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering