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.