Parallel Computing for QCD on a Pentium Cluster
X. Q. Luo, E. B. Gregory, J. C. Yang, Y. L. Wang, D. Chang, and Y. Lin
TL;DR
This paper describes the development of a cost-effective PC cluster for parallel quantum chromodynamics computations, demonstrating its construction, performance, and affordability compared to commercial supercomputers.
Contribution
It introduces a low-cost PC cluster designed for parallel QCD calculations, providing practical insights into its construction and performance.
Findings
Cluster performs parallel calculations effectively
Cost is significantly lower than commercial supercomputers
Demonstrates feasibility of affordable high-performance computing
Abstract
Motivated by the computational demands of our research and budgetary constraints which are common to many research institutions, we built a ``poor man's supercomputer'', a cluster of PC nodes which together can perform parallel calculations at a fraction of the price of a commercial supercomputer. We describe the construction, cost, and performance of our cluster.
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Taxonomy
TopicsDistributed and Parallel Computing Systems · Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies · Particle Detector Development and Performance