Status of the CP-PACS Project
Yui Iwasaki, CP-PACS Collaboration · 1996
The CP-PACS computer with a peak speed of 300 G ops was completed in March 1996 and has started to operate. We describe the nal speci cation and the hardware implementation of the CP-PACS computer, and its performance for QCD codes. A plan of the grade-up of the computer scheduled for fall of 1996 is also given. 1. CP-PACS project The CP-PACS project[1] is a ve-year project which formally started in 1992. The project currently consists of 33 members in physics and computer science as listed in Ref. [2]. We selected Hitachi Ltd. as the industrial parter through a formal bidding process soon after the start of the project, and we have beenworking in a close collaboration for the hardware and software development of the CP-PACS computer. The fundamental design of the computer was laid down in 1992, its details worked out in 1993, and the logical design and the physical packaging design was completed in 1994. Chip fabrication and assembling of parts started in early 1995, and the CP-PACS computer with a peak speed of 300 G ops was completed in March 1996.