Parallel scalable computers for high performance

Objective

The project intends to develop a high-performance parallel processing system and associated tools which can function as a fully integrated component in an enterprise system.

The consortium will build two application systems: one for control and one for information management. Emerging standards both in software and hardware will be exploited to investigate the design and implementation of fully featured CORBA-compliant software based on SCI and a multiprocessor operating system kernel. The work will determine the scalability of systems using a combination of shared-memory multi-processors, where medium CPU performance, high data transfer rate and low latency is required, and SCI-connected shared-memory multi-processors, where the CPU power and data bandwidth has to be increased by an order of magnitude. The goal is to define a software approach that produces portable and scalable software applicable to the above hardware configurations. It is intended to produce a hardware platform scalable from a few to several thousand processors. It is expected to use the system in the following applications: concurrent engineering, simulation, control systems, high-performance data warehouses and molecular databases.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › software › software applications › system software › operating systems
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › control systems
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › databases
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › computer hardware › computer processors

Programme(s)

• FP4-ESPRIT 4 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of information technologies, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 6.10 - HPCN Software and Systems Technology

Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Spacebel Informatique

Address

Rue Des Chasseurs Ardennais
4031 Angleur
Belgium

Participants (7)

Aerospatiale Sni

France

Address

Boulevard De Montmorency 37
75781 Paris

Dolphin Interconnect Solutions

Norway

Address

Olaf Helsets Vei 6
0621 Bogerud

FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG

Germany

Address

Leonrodstrasse 54
80636 München

Intecs Sistemi SpA

Italy

Address

Via Zoe Fontena Edificio B6-tecnocitta 220
00131 Roma

TELMAT INFORMATIQUE

France

Address

Rue De L'industrie 6,
68360 Soultz

Telmat Industrie

France

Address

Rue De L'industrie 6
68360 Soultz

Universitaet Basel

Switzerland

Address

Mittlere Strasse 142
4056 Basel