                                  [Avalon]

 : ɸ(maro@iname.com)

 CPU, ޸ 128MB  ǻ 70 100MHz ̴ ī 
ġ Ͽ  ǻ  315  , ֱ  带
޸ 256MB ̰,   140 ÷  ǻ  88
    ŬͿ  Դϴ.

Avalon Frequently Asked Questions, v0.1 September 15 1998

  1. ƹ߷̶ ΰ?
  2.    Ǿ°?
  3.   Ǿ ִ°?
  4.   󸶳 °?
  5. 踦 ϵ ϴµ ĥ̳ ɷȴ°?
  6.  OS ߴ°?
  7.      °?
  8. ׷ ͵ ġṵ̃,  ǿ ڵ Ѱ?
  9. ̷  '¥'   ɰ Ѵٸ?
 10. 64 μ SGI  2000  󸶳 Ǵ°?
 11.    ߴ°?
 12.  ϰ ִ Ŀ?
 13.  Ϸ ϴ°?
 14.  ޽ н ̺귯 ϴ°?
 15.   ߴ°?
 16. 3Com ̴ ġ  ߴ°?
 17. Ʋ  ֶ󸮽, HP-UX, AIX,  NT  
     ü ϰ, ̵  ü ߿   
     ϴ  °?
 18. нƮ ̴ ׷ 迡 ʹ  ?  Myrinet 
     ʴ°?
 19.   Ʈ  ʾҳ?
 20. Cyclades ø Ʈũ   ΰ?
 21. ٸ  ̴ ī带 ϸ       ?

 22. ƹ߷̶ ̸ ?
 23.    ϰ Ǿ°?
 24.  ˾ƺ ʹٸ?

  1. ƹ߷̶ ΰ?
     ƹ߷ 140 μ    Ŭͷμ Ϲ
     ο ǻ  Ͽ . ̰ ν ٷ 
       Ϳ ̷ μ  ó  ̴. ƹ߷
     Mike Warren    ۵Ǿ, David Neal Aric Hagberg,
     David Moulton ߴ.

  2.    Ǿ°?
       Ż  ũ̼μ ATX ̽ ȿ
        o 533MHz 21164A ũμ
        o DEC AlphaPC 164LX 
        o ECC SDRAM DIMM (  256 Mbytes)
        o Quantum Fireball ST3.2A 3079Mb EIDE U-ATA drive
        o DEC ƫ Ĩ  Kingston ̴ ī
      Ǿ ִ.

  3.   Ǿ ִ°?
     3com нƮ ̴ ġ Cyclades ƼƮ ø ġ
     ߴ. 4 3Com ۽ II 3900 36-Ʈ нƮ ̴ ġ
      2ⰡƮ ũ  ߰ߴ. ̷ν  ġ 3ⰡƮ
     ũ ϰ, ̵ Ʈũ ȸ  3Com ۽ II 9300
     12-Ʈ ⰡƮ ̴ ġ ߴ.  ϸ  Ʈ 
     300޷   144 нƮ ̴ Ʈ  ġ
     Ʈũ Ѵ.

  4.   󸶳 °?
     31 3õ ̱ ޷.

  5. 踦 ϵ ϴµ ĥ̳ ɷȴ°?
      70  4 10, ݿ ħ ߴ. 谡 10 Gflops
     ̻   ڵ带 ϱ   4 13,
     ̾. ߰ 70  9 ʿ  ð ɷ ߰
     Ǿ.

  6.  OS ߴ°?
     .

  7.      °?
     ó 3 (70 )  Linpack 19.7 Gflops , 6õ
        ùķ̼ (SPaSM) 12.8 Gflops, gravitational
     treecode 10.0 Gflops, NAS B Ŭ 2.3  ġũ (BT: 2.2
     Gflops, SP 1.0 Gflops, LU 3.5 Gflops, MG 2.1 Gflops)  
     .

      140   ƹ߷  Linpack 47.7 Gflops, 3 2õ
        ùķ̼ (SPaSM) 29.6 Gflops, gravitational
     treecode 17.6 Gflops .

      Linpack ġũ , ƹ߷  (1998 6) TOP500 list
     88 ö ִ.

  8. ׷ ͵ ġṵ̃,  ǿ ڵ Ѱ?
     SPaSM ݿ   6õ ڷ  ùķ̼ 44ð
     ϸ鼭 10Gflops ߰, 68GB  ڷḦ .

     treecode 1õ ڷ  ϰ  ùķ̼ 26ð
     ϸ鼭 6.8Gflops ߴ.

     6õ ڷ    ùķ̼  Ǿ  13600
     ܰ谡 Ǿ. CPU ð 2(332 ð) ɷȰ, 4 24Ϻ
     6 11 ̿ 19  Ǿ. ü ùķ̼ ܰ 
     88  ɷȰ,  ð 1.19 x 10^6   1.12 x 10^16 Ǽ
      Ǿ.  ùķ̼Ǹ ص 10 Ÿ÷ӽ(10^15)̻ Ǵ
        ȵǴ  ùķ̼  ϳ̴. (: mega,
     giga, tera, peta)

      SPaSM ƹ߷ out-of-core(޸ ܿ ũ ϴ)
      Ͽ 10 8õ  ùķ̼   ִٴ 
     ־.

  9. ̷  '¥'   ɰ Ѵٸ?
     SPaSM, treecode, Linpack  64 195 Mhz μ  SGI
      2000 ɰ  ӵ 70  ƹ߷п Ǿ.

 10. 64 μ SGI  2000  󸶳 Ǵ°?
     1998 5 64 250 Mhz μ 8 Gbyte ޸𸮸  
     2000  180 ޷ . 180 Mhz    
      100 ޷     ̴.

 11.    ߴ°?
     RedHat 5.0 ߴ.

 12.  ϰ ִ Ŀ?
     9 15 , Linux-2.1.120 ϰ ִ. 2.1 ø 2.0
     Ʈũ  Ǿ.

 13.  Ϸ ϴ°?
     egcs-1.1b gcc g77 Ѵ. Linpack 
     goto@statabo.rim.or.jp  ۼ     /
     DGEMM ̴. (Ϳ ,  첲.)

 14.  ޽ н ̺귯 ϴ°?
     MPICH 츮 TCP   ۼ ⺻ MPI ƾ ϰ
     ִ. 츮 ۼ  ַ   Ѵ. ʿ 
     ڵ иϴ   ڵ带 GPL ̼  ̴.

 15.   ߴ°?
     Carrera翡 ߴ. ׵ 带  ϰ, ũ 츮
      'Ŭ' ũƮ ؼ  ġϰ ϴ  
     ־.

 16. 3Com ̴ ġ  ߴ°?
      ࿡   θ  ߴµ,  ݿ 
     ͳ ü  ȴ. www.uvision.com̳
     www.pricewatch.com ˻  ٶ.

 17. Ʋ  ֶ󸮽, HP-UX, AIX,  NT  
     ü ϰ, ̵  ü ߿   
     ϴ  °?
         ƴϴ.  ҽ ڵ尡 Ǿ
     ְ,   Ʈũ  ϸ, ǰ  
      ߵǰ ֱ  ߴ.  ߻  ִ 
     ãƳ ذϴµ   ϸ Ʈ  ׷ û
      Ǿ. 츱   ׵ Ʋ  ذ 
     ִٰ ϰ     ִ   ؼ ð
       . 츮 Ȱ  ִ ѵ  ڿ  
     Ʈ   Ұ ̾. а ϳ Ȱ
      ִ 緮 ִٸ,   ü ҽ ڵ ̼ 
     ̴.

 18. нƮ ̴ ׷ 迡 ʹ  ?  Myrinet 
     ʴ°?
     츮 ߴ ڵ  ٸ нƮ ̴  
      δٴ     ̴.   Ʈũ и
      Ű, ߿  󸶸ŭ   
         ִ° ϴ ̴. Myrinet ϸ 
      뷫  谡  ̴. ׸ 츮 ݱ Ų ڵ 
      ͵   Ʈũ Ѵٰ ؼ    
      .  Ŭ͸  Myrinet ϴ  ȭ 
     ִ ڵ带   ,     
     ̴.

 19.   Ʈ  ʾҳ?
     Ʈ    ޷ .   ȵǴ ٴ Ƴ 
     2 ޷ ʹ Ǵ. , Ŀ ö ߺ  ԵǴ
     ŷڼ   Ű¡ ȭ  , ׷ ¾ 
      .

 20. Cyclades ø Ʈũ   ΰ?
     DEC AlphaBios 'Ư¡', headless  ø Ʈ 
     ĳ  ̴ ڵ Ʈ ʴ´. Cyclades Ʈũ 
         ܱ ذå̰,  ̴ݰ  
       Ʈũ Ѵ. ø Ʈũ Cyclades Cyclom 32-YeP
     ƼƮ ø PCI ī 3 20Ʈ ø ̺ 70 Ǿ.

 21. ٸ  ̴ ī带 ϸ       ?

     ſ  ̴. θƮ   (츮  Kingston
     ī忡 ִ) DEC ƫ Ĩ  ϵ 󿡼 ʿ 
     縦 ϰ,    Ѵ.  SMC EtherPower II
     ī带 Ϸ ,  ī尡 164LX   C0
     ǿ  ʴ´ٴ  ˰ Ǿ(B3 ǿ 
     Ѵ).    ̴.

 22. ƹ߷̶ ̸ ?
       õǾ ִ ̸  ̴. "
     "  " ̵"  . (' '  : " "
      " ̵"   Ϻ(Larry Niven),  ۳(Jerry
     Pournelle), Ƽ (Steven Barnes)   SF Ҽ ̴.
     ƹ߷ 밡 Ǵ ī̶ ༺ ִ (mainland) ̸̰ 
     ༺ ׷ -    ̸ - ̶ Ҹ 
       ־... Ƹ   (ϸ +  ) x
     1,000,000 = WOW  ֱ. ...)

 23.    ϰ Ǿ°?
     츮 ǻͰ ʿ߰,    뼺  
     ̾. ̰  Ʈ ƴϰ, 츮   
     ϵ ٴ   ֱ ٶ. ý  ڵ 
     ٸ  ϵ  ޴ ڿ ý ڵ ڹ
      ̷. ο      ޸𸮿 
     'ΰġ'  ƴ޶. 츮 ǻ ڵ ƴϰ, 
     츮 ã  ִ ֻ ϵ Ʈ ؼ 츮
      ùķ̼ ϰ ; ̴.

 24.  ˾ƺ ʹٸ?
     cnls.lanl.gov/avalon ϶.
