The CP-PACS Project and Lattice QCD Results

TL;DR

The CP-PACS project developed a massively parallel computer optimized for lattice QCD research, achieving high computational performance and enabling significant results in hadron spectroscopy studies.

Contribution

This paper introduces the CP-PACS supercomputer and demonstrates its application to advanced lattice QCD simulations, highlighting its computational capabilities and research impact.

Findings

Achieved 614 GFLOPS peak speed with 2048 processors.

Enabled detailed hadron spectroscopy studies in lattice QCD.

Presented significant results in lattice QCD simulations.

Abstract

The aim of the CP-PACS project was to develop a massively parallel computer for performing numerical research in computational physics with primary emphasis on lattice QCD. The CP-PACS computer with a peak speed of 614 GFLOPS with 2048 processors was completed in September 1996, and has been in full operation since October 1996. We present an overview of the CP-PACS project and describe characteristics of the CP-PACS computer. The CP-PACS has been mainly used for hadron spectroscopy studies in lattice QCD. Main results in lattice QCD simulations are given.