Overview of the Blue Gene/L system architecture

Authors:
A. Gara;M. A. Blumrich;D. Chen;G. L.-T. Chiu;P. Coteus;M. E. Giampapa;R. A. Haring;P. Heidelberger;D. Hoenicke;G. V. Kopcsay;T. A. Liebsch;M. Ohmacht;B. D. Steinmacher-Burow;T. Takken;P. Vranas
Affiliations:
IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York;IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York;IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York;IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York;IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York;IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York;IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York;IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York;IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York;IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York;IBM Engineering and Technology Services, Rochester, Minnesota;IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York;IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York;IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York;IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York
Venue:
IBM Journal of Research and Development
Year:
2005

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As 1999 ended, IBM announced its intention to construct a one-petaflop supercomputer. The construction of this system was based on a cellular architecture--the use of relatively small but powerful building blocks used together in sufficient quantities ...