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January/February 2006 (Vol. 8, No. 1)
pp. 18-29
Computing for LQCD: apeNEXT
Francesco Belletti, Universita di Ferrara, Italy
Sebastiano Fabio Schifano, Universita di Ferrara, Italy
Raffaele Tripiccione, Universita di Ferrara, Italy
François Bodin, IRISA/INRIA and the Universite de Beaulieu, Rennes, France
Philippe Boucaud, Universite de Paris Sud, France
Jacques Micheli, Universite de Paris Sud, France
Olivier Pène, Universite de Paris Sud, France
Nicola Cabibbo, Universita di Roma, Italy
Sergio de Luca, Universita di Roma, Italy
Alessandro Lonardo, Universita di Roma, Italy
Davide Rossetti, Universita di Roma, Italy
Piero Vicini, Universita di Roma, Italy
Maxim Lukyanov, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Germany
Laurent Morin, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Germany
Norbert Paschedag, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Germany
Hubert Simma, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Germany
Vincent Morenas, Universite Blaise Pascal, France
Dirk Pleiter, NIC/Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Germany
Federico Rapuano, Universita di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
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apeNEXT is the latest in the APE collaboration's series of parallel computers for computationally intensive calculations such as quantum chromo dynamics on the lattice. The authors describe the computer architectural choices that have been shaped by almost two decades of collaboration activity.
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Index Terms- special-purpose computing, signal processing, LQCD, parallel computing
Citation:
Francesco Belletti, Sebastiano Fabio Schifano, Raffaele Tripiccione, François Bodin, Philippe Boucaud, Jacques Micheli, Olivier Pène, Nicola Cabibbo, Sergio de Luca, Alessandro Lonardo, Davide Rossetti, Piero Vicini, Maxim Lukyanov, Laurent Morin, Norbert Paschedag, Hubert Simma, Vincent Morenas, Dirk Pleiter, Federico Rapuano,
"Computing for LQCD: apeNEXT,"
Computing in Science and Engineering,
vol. 8,
no. 1,
pp. 18-29,
Jan/Feb,
2006
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