> Inevitably, though, massively parallel interconnects (all boxes connected > to all other boxes) won't scale. > Indeed, when thinking about scale I always end up thinking about the masters of scale -- ants
-- Doug > > On 1/23/12 9:32 PM, "Mark Hahn" <h...@mcmaster.ca> wrote: > >>>>> but it would take a bit of charisma. QPI-over-IB anyone? >>>> >>>> That's what I'm thinking! >>> >>> Numascale does this already with SCI >> >>it's easy to source and build pretty big IB systems; >>how much so with SCI? >> >>I actually like the idea of high-fanout-distributed-router systems, >>but they seem prepetually exotic. where are the hypercubes, FNNs? >>afaikt, commodification of IB has snuffed topology as a design issue, >>except for cray/BG/k machine-level projects. >>_______________________________________________ >>Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing >>To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >>http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > -- Doug -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
