• DocumentCode
    429951
  • Title

    A budget supercomputer: implementation and application

  • Author

    Wicomb, L.P. ; van Zyl, R.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Peninsula Technikon, Bellville
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    17-17 Sept. 2004
  • Firstpage
    383
  • Abstract
    This paper presents an overview of the implementation and current application of the Peninsula Technikon´s first cluster-based supercomputer. The cluster consists of 18 off-the-shelf, diskless PC´s and 1 controller/master high-end PC. The approach taken for implementing this budget supercomputer is discussed
  • Keywords
    local area networks; microcomputers; parallel machines; Peninsula Technikon; budget supercomputer; cluster-based supercomputer; controller/master high-end PC; off-the-shelf diskless PC; Africa; Application software; LAN interconnection; Linux; Local area networks; Master-slave; Physics computing; Read-write memory; Supercomputers; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    AFRICON, 2004. 7th AFRICON Conference in Africa
  • Conference_Location
    Gaborone
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8605-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AFRICON.2004.1406699
  • Filename
    1406699