DocumentCode
451090
Title
Tera Hardware Software Cooperation
Author
Alverson, Gail ; Briggs, Preston ; Coatney, Susan ; Kahan, Simon ; Korry, Richard
Author_Institution
Tera Computer Company
fYear
1997
fDate
15-21 Nov. 1997
Firstpage
38
Lastpage
38
Abstract
The development of Tera´s MTA system was unusual. It respected the need for fast hardware and large shared memory, facilitating execution of demanding parallel application programs. At the same time, it provided a clean machine model enabling calculated compiler optimizations and easy programming as well as novel architectural features necessary to support fast parallel system software. From its inception, system and application needs have molded the MTA architecture. The result is a system that offers high performance and ease of programming by virtue of fast hardware, flat shared memory, and streamlined software systems.
Keywords
Hardware;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Supercomputing, ACM/IEEE 1997 Conference
Print_ISBN
0-89791-985-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SC.1997.10061
Filename
1592619
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