Title :
The Data Transport Computer: a 3-dimensional massively parallel SIMD computer
Author_Institution :
Wavetracer Inc., Cary, NC, USA
fDate :
Feb. 25 1991-March 1 1991
Abstract :
The author describes a computer that has been built primarily to support both three-dimensional simulation of physical phenomena, as well as other applications that require three-dimensional models, and visualization of the results as volume data. This computer is a massively parallel single-instruction-stream, multiple-data-stream (SIMD) machine whose processors are interconnected in a three-dimensional rectangular lattice, together with a controller that extends this lattice to a virtual lattice with many more nodes than there are processors. It is called the Data Transport Computer because its interprocessor communication structure is capable of moving large amounts of data in parallel-not only among its processors, but also to and from I/O devices.<>
Keywords :
computer evaluation; computer graphic equipment; multiprocessor interconnection networks; parallel architectures; parallel machines; 3D simulation; Data Transport Computer; interprocessor communication structure; massively parallel SIMD computer; physical phenomena; rectangular lattice; virtual lattice; visualization; Acoustic waves; Application software; Communication system control; Concurrent computing; Finite difference methods; Fluid flow; Image analysis; Lattices; Physics computing; Signal analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon Spring '91. Digest of Papers
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2134-6
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1991.128816
