The Cyclops64 architecture will contain many hundreds of computing nodes

This is about the computer architecture. Structural biology has also been described as the architecture of biological cells.

A cellular architecture is a type of computer architecture prominent in parallel computing. Cellular architectures are relatively new, with IBM's Cell being the first one to reach the market. Cellular architecture takes multi-core architecture design to its logical conclusion, by giving the programmer the ability to run large numbers of concurrent threads within a single processor. Each 'cell' is a compute node containing thread units, memory, and communication. Speed-up is achieved by exploiting thread-level parallelism inherent in many applications. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1080x946, 112 KB) The Architecture for Cyclops64 (BlueGene/C) Created by Raul654 on October 1, 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Blue Gene ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1080x946, 112 KB) The Architecture for Cyclops64 (BlueGene/C) Created by Raul654 on October 1, 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Blue Gene ... Blue Gene/L Blue Gene is computer architecture project designed to produce several next generation super computers, operating in the PFLOPS range. ... Structural biology is a branch of molecular biology concerned with the study of the architecture and shape of biological macromolecules--proteins and nucleic acids in particular—and what causes them to have the structures they have. ... In computer science, computer architecture is the conceptual design and fundamental operational structure of a computer system. ... Parallel computing is the simultaneous execution of the same task (split up and specially adapted) on multiple processors in order to obtain results faster. ... International Business Machines Corporation (IBM, or colloquially, Big Blue) NYSE: IBM (incorporated June 15, 1911, in operation since 1888) is headquartered in Armonk, NY, USA. The company manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, infrastructure services and consulting services. ... Cell is a microprocessor jointly developed by Sony, Toshiba, and IBM. The Cell architecture is intended to be scalable through the use of vector processing. ... A multi-core microprocessor is one which combines two or more independent processors into a single package, often a single integrated circuit (IC). ... Thread-level parallelism (TLP) is the parallelism inherent in an application that runs multiple threads at once. ...

Cell, a cellular architecture containing 9 cores, will be the processor used in the Playstation 3. Another prominent cellular architecture is Cyclops64, a massively parallel architecture currently under development by IBM. The PlayStation 3 (PS3) (Japanese: プレイステーション3) is Sonys seventh generation era video game console in the PlayStation series. ... Blue Gene/L Blue Gene is computer architecture project designed to produce several next generation super computers, operating in the PFLOPS range. ...

Cellular architectures follow the concrete programming paradigm, which exposes the programmer to much of the underlying hardware. This allows the programmer to greatly optimize his code for the platform, but at the same time makes it very difficult to develop software. Software engineering (SE) is the profession concerned with specifying, designing, developing and maintaining software applications by applying technologies and practices from computer science, project management, and other fields. ...

External links

• Cellular architecture builds next generation supercomputers
• ORNL, IBM, and the Blue Gene Project
• Energy, IBM are partners in biological supercomputing project