Standard Software Infrastructures for SCI-based Parallel Systems

Summary

The SISCI project addresses the need of HPCN applications for inexpensive and powerful parallel distributed execution platforms. While such hardware is becoming available from different vendors in form of workstation and PC clusters with fast interconnects, standard software support for parallel processing on these platforms is missing. SISCI is addressing workstation- and PC clusters connected by the SCI technology.

The project will provide this missing software by

• define and develop a low-level, standard interface SCI programming layer
• develop de facto standard programming environments for SCI
• a Message Passing Interface (MPI) library
• a Parallel Virtual Machine (Pvm) library
• a POSIX compliant thread package (Pthreads)
• demonstrate a portable, highly efficient use of these software standards in a range of communication-critical applications provided by the consortium.

See also the official synopsis for the project.

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Partners

• Dolphin Interconnect Solutions
• European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN)
• Scali Computer AS
• University of Bergen (Parallab)
• Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
• Technische Universitat Munchen
• Advanced Scientific Computing GmbH
• EMU Unterwasserpumpen

Related projects

• The Beowulf project
• Scalable Clusters of Commodity Computers
• Parastation
• The PAPERS project
• IEEEStd P1596.9