| Machine type | Vectorprocessor |
|---|---|
| Models | S-3800/x60, S-3800/y8z; x = 1,2 y = 1,2,4 z = 0,2 |
| Operating system | VOS3/HAP/ES (IBM MVS compatible) and OSF/1 |
| Compilers | FORT77/HAP vectorising Fortran 77 |
| Vendors information Web page | none. |
| Year of introduction | 1993. |
System parameters:
| Model | S3800/x60 | S3800/y8z |
|---|---|---|
| Clock cycle VPU | 2 ns | 2 ns |
| Clock cycle scal. proc. | 6 ns | 6 ns |
| Theor. peak performance | 4-8 Gflop/s | 8-32 Gflop/s |
| No. of processors | ||
| Scalar | 1-2 | 1-4 |
| Vector | 1-2 | 1-4 |
| Main memory | 256-1024 MB | 512-2048 MB |
| Extended memory | <= 16GB | <= 32GB |
Remarks:
The S3800 is the current top-end system of Hitachi's S-3000 series. Five different models are offered: The 160 and the 260 in which the 260 is simply the 2-CPU version of the the 160. Furthermore, there is a sub-series 180, 280, and 480, of which the 280 and 480 are again 2-CPU and 4-CPU versions of the 180. However, in addition, there is a model 182 with 2 scalar processors and 1 vector processor as was offered in the former Fujitsu VPX200 series and for the same reason: context switching delay between jobs should be reduced by this scheme. The smallest model, the S-3800/160 has 4 multi-functional multiply/add pipes which may deliver up to 8 results per clock cycle. This is equivalent to 4 Gflop/s. In the /180 the number of pipes is doubled to 8 with a corresponding peak performance of 8 Gflop/s. All models feature one or more separate divide pipes. As the multi-headed systems can work in parallel, the top model, the S-3800/480, may theoretically attain a speed of 32 Gflop/s.
Hitachi now delivers an auto-parallelising compiler, which features parallelising compiler directives similar to those of Cray and NEC. The OSF/1 system can be run under the MVS-like VOS3/HAP/ES, but it can also be run as a native operating system.
Measured Performances: The first S-3000 system, a S-3800/480, was installed in January 1993 at the University of Tokyo. Tests with the EuroBen benchmark were done on this system in July-September 1993. During these tests a speed of 5.7 Gflop/s was observed for the evaluation of a 9th degree polynomial on a single processor. In matrix-vector multiplication, speeds of 6.5 Gflop/s on one processor were measured (see [17]). In [2] a speed of 27.2 Gflop/s on 4 processors is reported for the solution of an order 31,200 dense linear system. The efficiency is here 85%. On a cluster of 3 4-processor S-3800/180s a speed of 78.2 Gflop/s was attained which amounts to an efficiency of 81%.