Blue Gene Seminar PPT & PDF Report

Blue Gene Seminar :-

Why the name “Blue Gene”?

• “Blue”: The corporate color of IBM
• “Gene”: The intended use of the Blue Gene clusters – Computational biology, specifically, protein folding

Blue Gene Projects

Four Blue Gene projects :

1. Blue Gene/L
2. Blue Gene/C
3. Blue Gene/P
4. Blue Gene/Q

Blue Gene Advantages :

• Scalable
• Less space (half of the tennis court)
• Heat problems most supercomputers face
• Speed

Blue Gene Limitations :

1. Memory Limitation (512 MB/node)
2. Simple node kernel (does not support forks, threads)

Applications :

• BLUE BRAIN PROJECT, 6 JUNE
• IBM and Ecol Poly technique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL), in Switzerland to study the behavior of the brain and model it.
• PROTEIN FOLDING

Content of the Seminar and pdf report for Blue Gene :

• What is Blue Gene
• Why the name “Blue Gene”?
• History
• Results
• Blue Gene Projects
• References