SAMPSON largest cluster based on AMD AthlonDallas 07 Nov 2000 olphin Interconnect announced the world's largest custom supercomputer cluster based on the Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Athlon processor. The supercomputer physically comprises four standard racks containing 132 processor units in a parallel cluster architecture interconnected with high-speed WulfKit Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI) technology supplied by Dolphin Interconnect. The system, already christened "SAMPSON" will be installed at the Bartol Research Institute at the University of Delaware and is expected to rank among the world's top 100 supercomputers once its performance is benchmarked.
The supercomputer physically comprises four standard racks containing 132
processor units in a parallel cluster architecture interconnected with
high-speed WulfKit Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI) technology supplied by
Dolphin Interconnect of Westlake Village, California,
http://www.dolphinics.com .
"This is the most significant installation for Dolphin since WulfKit was
introduced at SC99," said Keith Murphy, vice president of sales and marketing
for Dolphin. "The size and performance of this supercomputer cluster shows
the exceptional performance and scalability that can be cost-effectively
achieved using Dolphin SCI technology."
WulfKit, a complete hardware and software package for building clusters,
uses SCI "tuned" MPI middleware and cluster management software developed by
Scali, SA in Oslo, Norway.
SAMPSON is made possible by a Major Research Infrastructure grant from the
National Science Foundation. AMD is also contributing to the project by
donating half of the Athlon processors, according to University sources.
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