Artifact Details

Title

Blue Gene/L node card

Catalog Number

102740911

Type

Physical object

Description

Since the mid-1990s, supercomputers have been built using multiple central processing units (CPUs) instead of one very, very fast CPU. This approach is known as massively parallel computing. The IBM Blue Gene/L node card is one of 16 similar node cards used in one rack of the IBM Blue Gene/L supercomputer. This node card came from the Blue Gene/L at the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose.

Date

2000

Manufacturer

International Business Machines (IBM)

Place Manufactured

U.S.

Identifying Numbers

Other number 6 Sticker on front panel of node card.
Other number 97P3155 On the top of all silver heatsinks.

Dimensions

overall: 3 3/4 in x 18 1/2 in x 17 1/8 in

Category

Component/module

Credit

Gift of International Business Machines

Lot Number

X7040.2014