CSPI and Myricom are committed to making this enhancement to VME open and freely available to other VME vendors and system integrators. CSPI has provided signal and image processing solutions to the market for over 28 years. The computing power, flexibility, and scalability of this architecture presents a significant opportunity for all system integrators whose applications require large multicomputing solutions. As of September 1996, there were more than 100 Myrinet sites, located in 13 countries.
Clusters are today's preferred implementation of distributed-memory multicomputers.
Each computer can use its own programming and operating system, with interoperability assured, just as with other packet networks such as Ethernet, through common packet protocols. The CSPI and Myricom collaboration extends this clustering capability into tightly coupled MAP processors. Myrinet can also connect from chassis to chassis in the LAN form up to 25 meters, and in optical-fiber form to greater distances, all with the same packet protocols. Thus, a MAP multicomputer that connects to a Myrinet LAN provides direct access from any user workstation on the LAN to the MAP cluster and its individual processes. Names and Products mentioned are trademarks of their respective holders.