The Red Storm Architecture and Early Experiences with Multi-Core Processors

James L. Tomkins, Ron Brightwell, William J. Camp, Sudip Dosanjh, Suzanne M. Kelly, Paul T. Lin, Courtenay T. Vaughan, John Levesque and Vinod Tipparaju
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James L. Tomkins: Sandia National Laboratories, USA
Ron Brightwell: Sandia National Laboratories, USA
William J. Camp: Sandia National Laboratories, USA
Sudip Dosanjh: Sandia National Laboratories, USA
Suzanne M. Kelly: Sandia National Laboratories, USA
Paul T. Lin: Sandia National Laboratories, USA
Courtenay T. Vaughan: Sandia National Laboratories, USA
John Levesque: Cray Inc., USA
Vinod Tipparaju: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies (IJDST), 2010, vol. 1, issue 2, 74-93

Abstract: The Red Storm architecture, which was conceived by Sandia National Laboratories and implemented by Cray, Inc., has become the basis for most successful line of commercial supercomputers in history. The success of the Red Storm architecture is due largely to the ability to effectively and efficiently solve a wide range of science and engineering problems. The Cray XT series of machines that embody the Red Storm architecture have allowed for unprecedented scaling and performance of parallel applications spanning many areas of scientific computing. This paper describes the fundamental characteristics of the architecture and its implementation that have enabled this success, even through successive generations of hardware and software.

Date: 2010
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