The Trillian Project

COMPUTING SEMINAR


Title	:	The Trillian Project
Speakers	:	Sverre Jarp / IT/PDP
Date	:	Wednesday 17 May 2000 at 16:00hrs
Place	:	IT Auditorium, bldg 31/3-005
Information	:	http://wwwinfo.cern.ch/seminars
Organiser	:	G.Folger / IT

ABSTRACT

CERN (via a small team in IT) has been working with several large computer companies (such as HP, INTEL, and Redhat) to adapt Linux to new Intel 64-bit architecture (IA-64), which is projected to replace almost completely the current 32-bit architecture by LHC start-up.

The presentation will review the first implementation of the IA-64 architecture, the "Itanium" processor, and the Linux porting status. This covers both the kernel and the tool-chain. Since good compiler technology is paramount to exploiting the VLIW-like nature of IA-64, the speaker will also address the issue of porting CERN applications, such as GEANT4 and SIXTRACK.