Blue Gene/Q: Sequoia and Mira
Anna Maria Bailey, Adam Bertsch, Barna L. Bihari, Brian Carnes, Kimberly Cupps, Erik W. Draeger, Larry Fried, Mark Gary, James N. Glosli, John C. Gyllenhaal, Steven H. Langer, Rose McCallen, ARTHUR A. MIRIN, Fady M. Najjar, Albert L. Nichols, Terri Quinn, David A. Richards, Tom Spelce, Becky Springmeyer, Frederick H. Streitz · 2017
The ibm® Blue Gene®/q (bg/q) supercomputer system was developed in partnership between ibm, the Argonne National Laboratory, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Blue Gene/Q is a bright example of the United States Department of Energy and IBM&s;s capability and seamlessly brings together science and technology and the people that make this possible. Mira is a system, due in large part to the insights gained through years of partnership on the Blue Gene family among Argonne, Lawrence Livermore, and ibm. The ibm®Blue Gene®/l supercomputer debuted in November 2004, followed by the second generation three years later. Indeed, the second and third generations, called Blue Gene®/p and Blue Gene®/q, respectively, were conceived before Blue Gene/L was formally announced. With the deployment of Sequoia in Livermore, and the Mira 48-rack system in Argonne, Blue Gene/Q began to accumulate its trophies. The system software objectives on Blue Gene/Q are ultra-scalability, high reliability, and delivering the full performance capability of the hardware to applications.