CISE Research Infrastructure: A Distributed High-Performance Computing Infrastructure

该合同将采购20个高端UNIX工作站、50个低端UNIX工作站、3个UNIX文件服务器、一个8处理器分布式共享内存多处理器和一个64端口ATM交换集线器。这些机器将使用带宽为155 Mbps的高速OC-3 ATM网络连接在一起。随着高速网络的使用从实验室转移到工作场所，高速分布式计算环境的设计和实现出现了新的机会。这个项目的目标是：(1)探索使用高速网络和计算来研究高性能分布式计算的文件系统和数据管理问题；(2)研究高速工作站和个人计算机网络的并行编程支持，作为独立并行计算机的替代方案；(3)研究异构环境下电子系统的高性能计算机辅助设计，并开发基于web的CAD计算中心。利用高速网络，(4)探索利用高带宽和高速的新教学技术。

CDA-9703228 Prithviraj Banerjee Northwestern University A Distributed High-Performance Computing Infrastructure This award is for the acquisition of 20 high-end UNIX workstations, 50 low-end UNIX workstations, three UNIX fileservers, an 8-processor distributed shared memory multiprocessor, and a 64-ported ATM switching hub. The machines would be networked together using high-speed OC-3 ATM networks with bandwidths of 155 Mbps. As the use of high-speed networking moves from the laboratory to the workplace, new opportunities arise for the design and implementation of a high-speed distributed computing environment. The goals of this project are: (1) to explore the use of high-speed networking and computing to investigate file systems and data management issues for high-performance distributed computing, (2) to investigate the parallel programming support of networks of high-speed workstations and personal computers as an alternative to stand-alone parallel computers, (3) to study high-performance computer-aided design of electronic systems in a heterogeneous environment, and to develop a Web-based CAD computing center, that takes advantage of high-speed networking, (4) to explore new instructional techniques that take advantage of the high bandwidth and high speed.