The SNIC/KTH PRACE Prototype: Achieving high energy efficiency with commodity technology without acceleration

2010 International Conference on Green Computing, Green Comp 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 87-95

  Johnsson, Lennalt ^a   Ahlin, Daniel ^b   Wang, John ^c  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Green computing; HPC

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION CODES; COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS; COMMODITY COMPONENTS; DESIGN PROJECTS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS; GREEN COMPUTING; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; HIGH ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HPC; MEMORY MODULES; POWER CONSUMPTION; PRELIMINARY PERFORMANCE RESULTS; PRODUCTION QUALITY; PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGIES; PROTOTYPE DESIGNS; PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD PRODUCTS; TIME CONSTRAINTS;

DESIGN; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 78449302394     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GREENCOMP.2010.5598259     Document Type: Conference Paper

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