[comp.parallel] NCUBE Parallel Processing Machine

dbader@lehi3b15.csee.lehigh.edu (David Bader) (09/22/90)

Hello!

  I am a grad student at Lehigh University, and my department recently
got an NCUBE computer with 128 processors - upgradedable to 1024.
It's basically a big blue box, with a tape drive, hard drive, and
power supply on the right hand side, and slots for boards, 5 colored
buttons, and an air conditioner on the left hand side.  If anyone has
any documentation on programming (in c) on the ncube, or help on using
it's AXIS operating system, or has code that they've written that I
can use to test out the machine, PLEASE respond.

  I am also interested in the methods of parallel processing that can
be implemented: for example, can I only create one program that all
the nodes can run, and then have the host program start and stop any
execution in the cube, or can I do "divide and conquor" type
techniques?

  Please send any documentation that you have that might help me to:

David A. Bader
CSEE Dept., Packard Lab
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, Pa.  18015
(215) 974-8995

and any electronic mail can be sent to
dbader@lehi3b15.csee.lehigh.edu

THANKS!!!!!  
-david

  
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David A. Bader       DAB3@LEHIGH    dbader@lehi3b15.csee.lehigh.edu 
CSEE Dept. Lehigh University         "Shut up, Wesley!" - Jean Luc Picard
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