The Burroughs Scientific Processor (BSP)

  • Authors:
  • D. J. Kuck;R. A. Stokes

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Computers
  • Year:
  • 1982

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Abstract

The Burroughs Scientific Processor (BSP), a high-performance computer system, performed the Department of Energy LLL loops at roughly the speed of the CRAY-1. The BSP combined parallelism and pipelining, performing memory-to-memory operations. Seventeen memory units and two crossbar switch data alignment networks provided conflict-free access to most indexed arrays. Fast linear recurrence algorithms provided good performance on constructs that some machines execute serially. A system manager computer ran the operating system and a vectorizing Fortran compiler. An MOS file memory system served as a high bandwidth secondary memory.