Barbara.Grandillo@N.SP.CS.CMU.EDU.UUCP (09/17/86)
Special Computer Science Seminar Speaker: Professor Kai Hwang University of Southern California Title: Design Issues of Minisupercomputers and AI Machines Date: Monday, September 22, 1986 Time: 12:00 noon Place: Wean Hall 4605 In this seminar, Dr. Hwang will address the fundamental issues in designing efficient multiprocessor/multicomputer minisupercomputers or AI machines. The talk covers the systems architectural choices, interprocessor communication mechanisms, resource allocation methods, I/O and OS functions, mapping of parallel algorithms, and the creation of parallel programming environment for these machines. These design issues and their possible solutions are drawn from the following commercial or exploratory systems: Alliant FX/8, FPS T-Series and M64 Series,Flex/32, Encore Multimax, Flex/32, Elxsi 6400, Sequent 8000, Connection Machine, BBN Butterfly, FAIM-1, Alice, Dado, Soar, and Redfiflow, etc. Dr. Hwang will also assess the technological basis and future trends in low-cost supercomputing and AI processing.