2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Developing a tightly-coupled FPGA-cluster for supercomputing with conservation of electric power and limited space
| Project/Area Number |
20700040
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Computer system/Network
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
SANO Kentaro Tohoku University, 大学院・情報科学研究科, 准教授 (00323048)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2009
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| Keywords | FPGA / 専用計算機 / 数値シミュレーション / シストリックメモリアーキテクチャ |
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| Research Abstract |
In this research, we developed custom computing machines for numerical simulation with multiple field-programmable logic devices (FPGAs) in order to achieve supercomputing with conservation of electric power and limited space. We explored basic architectures for scalable computers dedicated to the finite-difference method that are suitable for multiple-FPGA implementation. We demonstrated that our proposed architecture provides high scalability through FPGA-based prototype implementation.
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