Feasibility of serial ATA cables for the physical link in high performance computing clusters
Issue Date
2007-05-31Author
Kritikos, William V.
Publisher
University of Kansas
Type
Thesis
Degree Level
M.S.
Discipline
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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A novel solution for inexpensive computing cluster networks is proposed and tested for feasibility. The network uses Serial ATA cables---commonly used in personal computers for connecting hard drives---as the physical media for connecting nodes in the computing cluster. The compute nodes, based on a Xilinx Platform FPGA, contain both microprocessors and high speed serial transceivers (that drive the SATA cables). If viable, the approach leads to a very cost-effective communication network. Experimental results do show that a computing cluster network based on SATA cables is feasible and that the cables provide adequately error-free transmission for lengths up to 10 meters.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Kansas, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2007.
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