QCDSP Computer

Completed 400 Gflops Machine

4/20/98

Located in 1106 Pupin Labs, Columbia University

The QCDSP computers were designed and constructed between 1993 and 1998.  Two large QCDSP machines are operating in the Physics Department of Columbia University (400 Gflops peak) and the RIKEN BNL Research Center (600 Gflops peak).

• Hardware and computer technology    General description of the QCDSP project with details of the computer architecture and hardware implementation.
• Operating and system software    Overview of the QCDSP system and application software.
• QCDSP Users' Guide: pdf, ps  Introduction to programming the QCDSP machines written by Balint Joo and Robert Mawhinney.
• Columbia Physics System    Progress made in the evolution of the original C++ physics application code developed for the QCDSP machines into a more portable system optimised for the QCDOC architecture and incorporating the QCDAPI being developed by the U.S. SciDAC Lattice QCD Collaboration.