Abstract:
An apparatus and method of accessing data in a memory in a multi-node, high performance computing system has a requesting agent and a home agent. The requesting agent is a member of a first node of the high performance computing system, while the home agent is a member of a second node of the high performance computing system. The home agent forwards data in a specified memory toward the requesting agent across the unordered network, and determines that a snoop request is to be sent to the requesting agent. After determining that the requesting agent has received the requested data in the specified memory of the second node, the home agent forwards the snoop request to the requesting agent across the unordered network.
Abstract:
Processor clock signals are generated for each processor in a HPC system, such that all the processor clock signals are of the same frequency. Furthermore, as part of a startup (boot) procedure, a process sets all time stamp counters (TSCs) of the processors, such they indicate identical times. Each blade of the HPC system recovers a recovered clock signal from a synchronous communication network, to which the blade is coupled. The blade generates a processor clock from the recovered clock signal and provides the processor clock to processor(s) on the blade. Each chassis is coupled to a second, system-wide, synchronous communication network, and each chassis synchronizes its chassis synchronous communication network with the system-wide synchronous communication system. Thus, all the processor clock signals are generated with the same frequency.
Abstract:
A center of rotation may automatically be selected for graphically displayed data. The rotation center may be automatically selected based on what is determined to be of interest to the user, the current display of the data, and other parameters. For example, if a user has selected a portion of data, the center of rotation may be within the center of the selected data. If a user has positioned a cursor within a portion of displayed data, the center of rotation may be the center of the data portion including the cursor. If the data as a whole is approximately centered about the graphical coordinate origin, or within a threshold of the origin, the data may be rotated about the origin. If the data as a whole is approximately centered at least a certain distance away from the graphical coordinate origin, the data may be rotated about the center of the data as a whole.
Abstract:
A computer system has a liquid cooling system with a main portion, a cold plate, and a closed fluid line extending between the main portion and the cold plate. The cold plate has an internal liquid chamber fluidly connected to the closed fluid line. The computer system also has a hot swappable computing module that is removably connectable with the cold plate. The cold plate and computing module are configured to maintain the closed fluid line between the main portion and the cold plate when the computing module is being connected to or removed from the cold plate.
Abstract:
A system and method for remote rendering of computer graphics wherein user transactions are reliable and the transmission of rendered graphics is relatively fast. The invention is implemented in a client server context, where a computer graphics application and rendering resources are located at a server. A user controls the graphics application through a client machine connected to the server through a computer network. The user's commands are sent from the client to the server, while rendered computer graphics are transmitted from the server to a display at the client. Different transport protocols are used, depending on the requirements of a particular transmission. Data related to user interactions is transmitted using a relatively reliable transport protocol, such as TCP. Rendered subject graphics data is transmitted from the server to the client using a less reliable but faster transport protocol, such UDP.
Abstract:
Data visualization is provided with the capability to interactively rotate data about a particular co-ordinate axis or other axis. Data to be visualized is accessed by a data visualization application. The accessed data may be displayed through an interface of the visualization application for a user. A user may rotate data about a particular axis of the coordinate system by providing a continuous input within a graphics portion of an interface. The input may be associated with the particular axis. The data displayed in the interface will rotate about the coordinate axis as the user drags the cursor.
Abstract:
A system provides data visualization with the capability of combining parallel coordinates and histograms. Parallel coordinates typically display lines between two or more vertical lines representing a coordinate element. In addition to displaying lines between coordinate element axes, histograms are provided at each element line to indicate the instances of data associated with line values. To create parallel coordinates with histograms, bin values may be determined for the parallel coordinates. Data is then accessed, and a particular bin value is incremented for each data point that falls within the bin. The parallel coordinates are then displayed with the histograms indicating a quantity of data associated with each coordinate value.
Abstract:
A pressure-activated server cooling system includes a server rack that houses one or more servers. The server rack has an interior plenum. A fan is coupled to the server rack that exhausts air from inside the plenum to outside the server rack. A differential pressure sensor collects pressure sensor data and a fan controller, which is operatively connected to the fan and the differential pressure sensor, activates the fan in response to the pressure sensor data. In some embodiments, the fan controller increases the speed of the fan when the pressure sensor data indicates greater than atmospheric pressure in the plenum.
Abstract:
A system and method for conveying data include the capability to determine whether a transaction request credit has been received at a computer module, the transaction request credit indicating that at least a portion of a transaction request message may be sent. The system and method also include the capability to determine, of a transaction request message is to be sent, whether at least a portion of the transaction request message may be sent and to send the at least a portion of the transaction request message if it may be sent.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention perform a method for reading data from, writing data to, powering on, or configuring a block device without the kernel translating a file system operation into a block device operation. This is implemented by a using a core module to couple applications running in user space to a character device through a character device driver, the core module configures the character device to communicate with a block device through a block device driver without the kernel translating a file system command into a block device command.