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Early Evaluation of the IBM p690


Abstract:

Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently received 27 32-way IBM pSeries 690 SMP nodes. In this paper, we describe our initial evaluation of the p690 architecture, focusing ...Show More

Abstract:

Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently received 27 32-way IBM pSeries 690 SMP nodes. In this paper, we describe our initial evaluation of the p690 architecture, focusing on the performance of benchmarks and applications that are representative of the expected production workload.
Date of Conference: 16-22 November 2002
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 13 February 2006
Print ISBN:0-7695-1524-X
Print ISSN: 1063-9535
Conference Location: Baltimore, MD, USA
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