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A European, Distributed Memory, Parallel Supercomputer for Numerical Applications

Objectif

The objective of GENESIS was to develop a highly parallel architecture for very-high-performance numerical computing as the basis for a family of supercomputers meeting the following goals:

- highest possible performance, obtained through a highly parallel MIMD-SIMD architecture with distributed memory
- optimum cost-effectiveness, achieved by exploiting the latest advances of VLSI technology
- wide-range scalability and extensibility of the system
- long product life, ensured by defining the abstract machine independently of the current state of technology
- high reliability, ensured by an optimal degree of fault tolerance
- the exploitation of highly parallel architecture by the provision of a programming environment.

The goals of the definition phase were to define all aspects of GENESIS, and specifically to:

- specify a complete architecture, covering node architecture, interconnection, operating system, languages and compilers, user interface, peripherals, etc
- make a preliminary specification of the consequential system requirements
- specify performance goals, and to demonstrate their feasibility of achievement
- plan and specify the development of application software
- define the organisational structure for the main phase
- initiate the development of the next generation of components
- refine the marketing options and define the appropriate organisation structure for best exploiting the project's results.

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Bull SA
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Tour Bull 1 place Carpeaux
92800 Puteaux
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