Cydra 5 directed dataflow architecture

Author

Rau, B. Ramakrishna

Author_Institution

Cydrome Inc., Milpitas, CA, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

Feb. 29 1988-March 3 1988

Firstpage

106

Lastpage

113

Abstract

A description is given of a balanced and functionality complete minisupercomputer called the Cydra 5 Departmental Supercomputer. The Cydra 5 makes extensive use of industry standards, such as AT&T Unix System V.3, ANSI Fortran 77, and the IEEE 754 floating-point standard, to take advantage of customers´ investments in applications software. The open architecture of the Cydra 5, including the use of the VME bus, makes it an attractive platform for system integrators. It offers the following features: Directed Dataflow (Cydrome proprietary architecture), compiler optimizing technology, high-speed memory with guaranteed bandwidth, tightly integrated multiple optimized processors, parallel processing, and a parallelized Unix-compatible operating system.<>

Keywords

parallel processing; ANSI Fortran 77; AT&T Unix System V.3; Cydra 5 directed dataflow architecture; IEEE 754 floating-point standard; VME bus; applications software; compiler optimizing technology; high-speed memory; parallel processing; parallelized Unix-compatible operating system; tightly integrated multiple optimized processors; ANSI standards; Application software; Bandwidth; Computer architecture; Computer industry; Investments; Optimizing compilers; Parallel processing; Software standards; Supercomputers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Compcon Spring '88. Thirty-Third IEEE Computer Society International Conference, Digest of Papers

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0828-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPCON.1988.4840

Filename

4840