Kentucky Linux Athlon Testbed 2 (KLAT2)

KLAT2, Kentucky Linux Athlon Testbed 2, is a 64+2 700MHz Athlon cluster using a variety of our system hardware and software performance tricks, including a 264-NIC + 9 switch implementation of the new Flat Neighborhood network topology. It was built in April 2000. Here are some useful links about KLAT2:

• The press release explaining KLAT2's record low cost of under $650 per GFLOPS.
• KLAT2 in the news; pointers to a whole bunch of news stories about KLAT2
• The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about KLAT2
• The Flat Neighborhood Network and SWAR 3DNow! technologies that enable KLAT2 to be so effective
• A detailed discussion of KLAT2's performance on ScaLAPACK (the Linpack benchmark used for Jack Dongarra's list of the 500 fastest supercomputers in the world).
• The cost of KLAT2; a detailed explanation of what parts were used in KLAT2 and how much they cost
• The day KLAT2 was built; an overview of how we physically assembled KLAT2

Contact Info

If you have any questions or comments, contact:

Professor Hank Dietz, James F. Hardymon Chair in Networking
College of Engineering
Electrical Engineering Department
453 Anderson Hall
(Office 307 EE Annex, Lab 672 Anderson Hall)
Lexington, KY 40506-0046

Office Phone: (859) 257 4701
Lab Phone:    (859) 257 9695
Fax :         (859) 257 3092
Email: hankd@engr.uky.edu
Home URL: http://aggregate.org/hankd/

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