Title :
Applications of the MasPar MP-1 at NASA/Goddard
Author :
Fischer, J.R. ; Dorband, J.
Author_Institution :
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
fDate :
Feb. 25 1991-March 1 1991
Abstract :
Massively parallel systems are targeted for accelerated development and maturation by NASA´s upcoming five-year High Performance Computing Initiative. A summary of the broad range of applications currently running on the MP-1 is presented along with descriptions of the parallel algorithmic techniques employed in five of them. The following applications are described in some detail: finite element simulation, tridiagonal solver, neural networks, image deblurring, and point plotting. The MasPar MP-1 has replaced the MPP (Massively Parallel Processor) and with 8K processors installed is providing more than twice the megaflop power and 64 times the high-speed memory. All the MPP users have migrated their development activities to the MasPar along with many of their application codes. User feedback has been positive due to the more capable hardware and its excellent reliability.<>
Keywords :
aerospace computing; finite element analysis; matrix algebra; neural nets; parallel machines; picture processing; High Performance Computing Initiative; MasPar MP-1; aerospace computing; finite element simulation; image deblurring; megaflop power; neural networks; parallel algorithmic techniques; point plotting; tridiagonal solver; Application software; Computer architecture; Data processing; Earth Observing System; Geoscience; High performance computing; NASA; Physics computing; Space missions; Supercomputers;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon Spring '91. Digest of Papers
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2134-6
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1991.128818
