A massive memory supercomputer

Author

Rosenberg, John ; Koch, David M. ; Keedy, J. Leslie

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Newcastle Univ., NSW, Australia

Volume

1

fYear

1989

fDate

3-6 Jan 1989

Firstpage

338

Abstract

An approach to supercomputing that is based on using a massive main memory (in the order of gigabytes) is investigated. Many of the problems currently solved on conventional supercomputers can equally be solved in similar time on such a machine, with a modest processor speed. The advantages of this approach in supporting database applications, VLSI applications and many other applications working on large volumes of date are examined. It is shown how the architecture of the MONADS-PC system, a capability-based computer developed by the authors, can be adapted to support such a large memory. The architectural design of a machine based on MONADS-PC is given, with special emphasis on the addressing and address translation issue

Keywords

parallel processing; MONADS-PC system; VLSI applications; address translation issue; addressing; capability-based computer; database applications; massive memory supercomputer; supercomputing; Application software; Computer science; Concurrent computing; Costs; Employment; Microprocessors; Process design; Programming profession; Supercomputers; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1989. Vol.I: Architecture Track, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kailua-Kona, HI

Print_ISBN

0-8186-1911-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1989.47175

Filename

47175