Title: AM PERCS Interconnect and IO Research Location: Building 980, Room 95 (Sandia NM) Brief Abstract: In order to improve the percent usable performance of HPC clusters, improvements in the interconnect structure are required. As part of the PERCS project, IBM has been looking at different interconnect architectures to understand their advantages and disadvantages. Currently there are four main categories of interconnects that IBM is researching, this presentation will present all four at a high level. Along with the base communication requirements for the interconnect, there are requirements on the interconnect to support storage and IO traffic. Therefore, these interconnect options are being evaluated based on message passing performance (latency and bandwidth), storage and IO capabilities, and cost estimates. CSRI POC: Erik DeBenedictis, (505) 284-4017 |