Title: Computational Plant

Speaker:
David S. Greenberg,
Massively Parallel Computing Research Laboratory
Sandia National Laboratories

Abstract:
Sandia is applying the lessons it learned from co-developing the
ASCI-red 1.8TF system to the design of "grow your on computers".  In
this talk I will describe what we expect a computational plant to be
able to do and what we have learned so far from a 100-node prototype. 
In particular, I will discuss issues of how to choose the components,
how to create a scalable design, how to include RAS features, and how to
create the necessary system software.
I expect that discussions of how Sandia and UI can collaborate on
continuing development of scalable machines will occur throughout the
talk and in smaller groups during the day.