The Titan Graphics Supercomputer architecture

Author

Diede, Tom ; Hagenmaier, Carl F. ; Miranker, Glen S. ; Rubinstein, Jonathan J. ; Worley, William S., Jr.

Author_Institution

Ardent Comput., Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Volume

21

Issue

9

fYear

1988

Firstpage

13

Lastpage

30

Abstract

The design criteria for the Titan are outlined, and the hardware, architecture, and implementation developed to meet them are examined. The key architectural elements in Titan are described, and the reasoning behind their selection is presented. Titan´s processor subsystem is explored, focusing on how it reduces the cost and complexity of graphics-specific hardware. The design constraints and implementation of the I/O subsystem are discussed. The Titan operating system, compilers, and graphics software are described, and a statistical summary of Titan´s performance is given.<>

Keywords

computer graphic equipment; computer graphics; operating systems (computers); parallel architectures; parallel machines; program compilers; special purpose computers; I/O subsystem; Titan Graphics Supercomputer architecture; compilers; graphics software; graphics-specific hardware; operating system; processor subsystem; Application software; Bandwidth; Computer applications; Computer architecture; Computer graphics; Costs; Hardware; Supercomputers; Visualization; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.14344

Filename

14344