Advanced Computer Architecture Chapter 7.6
5,120 (640 8-way nodes) 500 MHz NEC CPUs
8 GFLOPS per CPU (41 TFLOPS total)
2 GB (4 512 MB FPLRAM modules) per CPU (10 TB
total)
shared memory inside the node
640 × 640 crossbar switch between the nodes
16 GB/s inter-node bandwidth
20 kVA power consumption per node
The “Earth Simulator”
Occupies
purpose-built building in
Yokohama, Japan
Operational late 2001/early 2002
Vector CPU using 0.15 μm CMOS process, descendant
of Runs Super-UX OS
CPUs
housed in 320 cabinets, 2 8-CPU nodes per cabinet. The cabinets are organized in a ring around the interconnect,
which is housed in another 65 cabinets
Another layer of the circle is formed
by disk array cabinets.
The whole thing occupies a building 65 m long and 50 m wide