Fig. 1. Personal computer “SKIF-TRIADA
Main Sector of relevance\IRC classification 5. Electronics, IT and Telecommunication
5.7 Models of personal clusters line “SKIF-Triada”
Developers’ contact information
State Scientific Institution “The United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus”
6 Surganova Str., 220012 Minsk
Summary
Personal clusters are a new computer hardware line. They are cheap “personal supercomputers” which can be connected to a common plug. Address audience of the “personal supercomputers” is academic and scientific societies, large corporations, educational institutions and enterprises. Personal clusters “SKIF-Triada” are used as devises which have both PC and supercomputers features providing a possibility to use technology of supercomputers in individual organizations, subdivisions, as well as for PC computing.
Description
“SKIF-Triada” models are PC with parallel architecture. They
are as simple to work and control as usual PC.
Personal clusters are developed for independent scientific computing, computer
design, data bulk processing, etc. and as an additional device for high-powered
cluster systems, program design, data preparation and preliminary calculations.
Personal clusters “SKIF-Triada” can be used for complex high-powered
scientific and engineering computing and modeling as fail-safe web-servers,
mail servers, database servers and other applications.
Within the frame of Triade program held by the Union State, developing of
clusters “SKIF-Triada” was finished. There were several models developed in
the line. Capacity range of personal clusters “SKIF-Triada” is 50GFl –
500GFl.
In personal clusters “SKIF-Triada” several basic form factors are used
(Fig. 1).
Personal clusters are produced in UE “NIIEVM”. The clusters can be produced
starting from 2009.
Technology type
Technical advantages and economic benefits
Being reasonably priced, personal clusters enable users to adapt to computer technology with parallel architecture which changes traditional style of interaction with computers. Personal clusters enable development of parallel computing application methods for various application tasks which can be easily transferred to supercomputers configuration. Use of native personal clusters can solve the problem of import substitution in the field.
Technology differentiation and uniqueness
Personal clusters are a new computer hardware line. They are cheap “personal supercomputers” which can be connected to a common plug. Address audience of the “personal supercomputers” is academic and scientific societies, large corporations, educational institutions and enterprises. Personal clusters “SKIF-Triada” are used as devises which have features both of PC and supercomputers providing possibility to use the technology of supercomputers in individual organizations, subdivisions, as well as for PC computing.
Context in which technology was identified
Prototype model 2 is used in TB dispensary in Minsk as a high-powered computing device in distributed telemedicine real time system on digital fluorography. Cluster is connected to 16 polyclinics of the city united in one corporate telecommunication network.
Technological keywords
Personal cluster, supercomputer, parallel computing
Development Stage
Intellectual property rights
Range of applications
Personal clusters SKIF-Triada” are developed for scientific computing and modeling, engineering computational tasks solution and software engineering training with use of the parallel computing technology
Classifier Used at the EU Innovation Relay Centres
Preferable Regions
Practical experience
Prototype model is used in TB dispensary in Minsk
Environmental impact
None
Type of collaboration sought
Terms and restrictions
— None
Available technical assistance