SGI's Reconfigurable Application Specific Computing (RASC) typically consists of a blade for an [[Altix]] system with one or more FPGAs on-board. These are connected to the rest of the system through the [[NUMAlink]] fabric, and they can be configured to provide faster results for critical sections of the customer's workload than the main CPU could. More information is available from the [http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi-bin/browse.cgi?coll=hdwr&db=bks&cmd=toc&pth=/SGI_EndUser/RASC_UG RASC Users Guide] on TechPubs. | SGI's Reconfigurable Application Specific Computing (RASC) typically consists of a blade for an [[Altix]] system with one or more FPGAs on-board. These are connected to the rest of the system through the [[NUMAlink]] fabric, and they can be configured to provide faster results for critical sections of the customer's workload than the main CPU could. More information is available from the [http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi-bin/browse.cgi?coll=hdwr&db=bks&cmd=toc&pth=/SGI_EndUser/RASC_UG RASC Users Guide] on TechPubs. |