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When does a computer become defined as massively parallel? 100+ cores?
by gamesbrainiac 11y ago
When does a computer become defined as massively parallel? 100+ cores?
- andrepd 11y agoMaybe it's a qualitative difference, as in parallel by design, not just throwing a bunch of nodes together in a typical Beowulf configuration.
- jacquesm 11y agoThe key is coordination between the cores.
- haxeny1 11y agoThis is an example of parallel system that i like: http://librestats.com/2012/10/16/r-at-12000-cores/ http://librestats.com/2012/10/16/r-at-12000-cores/ . i haven't done anything near this scale, although, that would be a goal to aim for. Although, i am not entirely certain if the above link answers your specific query, because the cores in the link are not housed in what would be considered a single computer. Anton is a super computer unlike the libmpi based solutions that I linked to here. Additional links: mpi: http://www.mpi-forum.org/docs/ http://www.mpi-forum.org/docs/ http://r-pbd.org/ http://r-pbd.org/ Hope this helps. edit: typos, clarity etc.
- nickpsecurity 11y agoIt was usually applied to at least 1,000 cores in the past plus ability of app to use them. First one was Thinking Machines CM line with 64,000+ simple CPU's. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connection_Machine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connection_Machine