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{\bf AMETEK Series 2010}

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The company is no longer marketing this product.

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{\bf 
MIMD Reconfigurable Local-Memory Architecture
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AMETEK is a Fortune 500 company with 26 domestic divisions,
four European manufacturing sites, and 6300 employees. The
Computer Research Division was formed in 1983, and the first
generation machine, the AMETEK 14 hypercube, was announced in
1985.  The AMETEK Series 2010 is the second generation of AMETEK
Concurrent Processing Systems and was announced on January 18,
1988.

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{\bf Configuration:}
Each node is based on a 25 MHz, 4 mips 68020 processor with a
68881 420 Kflop arithmetic coprocessor or an optional 68882 630
Kflop coprocessor. Standard local memory for each node is 1
Mbyte, which can be upgraded in 1 Mbyte increments to 8 Mbytes per
node.

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A VMEbus interface on each node allows up to three VME devices
to be attached to every node. One option that can be interfaced
through a VMEbus is the vector floating-point accelerator (VFPA).
The VFPA is based on Weitek chips rated at 20 Mflops peak and has
from 2 to 10 Mbytes of on-board memory. The LINPACK benchmark for
each VFPA is 7 Mflops, and the execution rate for scalar operations
is 1.2 Mflops.

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Message routing is organized through the ``GigaLink''
network consisting of interlinked modules called  Automatic
Message Routing Devices (AMRDs), which are full custom VLSI
semiconductor devices in CMOS technology. Each AMRD has five
bidirectional parallel channels, four for communication with
other AMRDs, and one for access to its local node through a
special AMRD interface on the node board.  Peak traffic volume
transmission on each link can exceed 20 Mbytes/sec in each
direction for a throughput of more than 80 Mbytes/sec over the
network. The routing of messages is automatic and asynchronous of
work at the nodes so that computation is not interrupted for
message forwarding. Since the topology is defined by the linking
of the AMRDs, there is no restriction to a hypercube architecture.
The actual configuration can have any number of nodes and is
hardware reconfigurable determined by the topology of the GigaLink
interconnect.  The maximum configuration offered has 1024 nodes,
with 8 Gbytes of local memory, 10 Gbytes of VFPA memory, and
a peak performance of over 4000 mips and 20 Gflops.

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The user interface to the Series 2010 is a SUN-3 workstation.
Programs are compiled on the SUN, then downloaded to the Series
2010.  The system is a ``space share'' multi-user system.

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Because of the VME interface, a whole range of devices can be
directly coupled to each node. These include SMD disk drives,
optical disk drives, A/D and D/A converters for signal acquisition
and processing, high-speed line printers, external communications
controllers, high capacity (up to 700 Mbyte unformatted) SCSI disk
storage devices with cartridge or half-inch tape backup, and
user-designed VME interfaces.
The configuration is totally heterogeneous so different nodes can be
fitted with different devices.
Graphical output can be transferred at 80 Mbytes/sec through the
GigaLink to a series 2010 graphics processor installed on the SUN-3
host workstation.

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{\bf Software:}
The operating system on each node is called the Reactive
Kernel, and nodes with local disk storage also have a resident
UNIX-compatible file server, as well as an interface to SUN's NFS.
A Reactive Kernel simulator is available on the SUN for program
development and debugging. Fortran 77 with VMS extensions and C
are supported with optimizing and vectorizing compilers.
Concurrent LISP is also available and Ada is scheduled for
mid-1989.  A node-level dbx-type debugger is also available.

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{\bf Applications:}
AMETEK provides a library of parallel mathematical routines,
including matrix and signal-processing subroutines. Additionally,
compatibility libraries allow the Series 2010 to execute
applications developed for the earlier AMETEK 14 systems  or for
the Intel iPSC or JPL Mark III hypercubes.
Applications software includes FLO 57, an Euler transonic fluid flow
program developed by Tony Jameson.

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{\bf Status:}
Pricing for a 4-node system starts at \$45,000, with an
8-node system less than \$100,000 and a 64-node
system \$495,000.  A fully configured 32-node Series 2010
with VFPAs and a peak performance of 640 Mflops is priced at under
\$1M.  The price quoted for the VFPA (each rated at 20 Mflops) is
\$1,000 per Mflop.

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The system is boxed in standard 19" RETMA racks. Up to 32 nodes
with VFPAs or VME controllers can fit into a single system cabinet
measuring 24"w x 48"d x 60"h. A larger cabinet capable of
holding 128 nodes is also available. The system is air cooled.

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Deliveries of Series 2010 machines to about 6 beta sites is
scheduled for 3Q 1988. Production deliveries are expected to begin
in October.

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{\bf Contact:}
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AMETEK Computer Research\\
610 North Santa Anita Avenue\\
Arcadia, CA 91006\\
818-445-6811\\
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Technical Contact:  Dr. Jeff Fier\\
Sales:  John C. Wyckoff III\\
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