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Reconfigurable Supercomputing. 2004. Accelerating Researcher Throughput. Key Issues in HPC. Leveling off of performance Traditional Scalar/Vector – long product cycles, too few vendors MPP Clusters – only marginal performance gains from Intel, AMD, etc., roadmaps
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Reconfigurable Supercomputing 2004 Accelerating Researcher Throughput
Key Issues in HPC • Leveling off of performance • Traditional Scalar/Vector – long product cycles, too few vendors • MPP Clusters – only marginal performance gains from Intel, AMD, etc., roadmaps • Scalar/Vector vs. Cluster tradeoff • Need for dedicated hardware operations • Need for price/performance • Dedicated hardware takes too long to develop (ASIC design & build cycles) • Clusters can change frequently, but not substantively
HPTi Factors for New Solution • Reconfigurable Computing • Introduces dedicated hardware capability… • …that can change at speed of thought • Nallatech BenNUEY (e.g., PCI-4E: DIME II) • Xilinx Virtex family (e.g., BenPRO, BenBLUE) • Faster HPC Development Cycles • Algorithms • Computational science • Feedback to hardware development • Systems integration and management workflow and software • Evolve to Grid computing and Collaborative research/engineering Better Price/ Performance Accelerate Science… Enterprise Capability …Even Faster Acceleration
Delivered and Benchmarked • 48 nodes • 2u, back-to-back (net 1u/node) • 96 FPGA’s • Annapolis Micro • Xilinx Virtex II • 34 Tera-Ops • In use today • All Commodity Parts
Future: Grid & Collaborative Research • Grid • Networked FPGA clusters - multi-tier/multi-peer HPC • Intra-cluster flexibility • Processing • FPGA-based high-speed Interconnect • Graphics • Intra-board near-real-time reconfigurability • Apply Information Environment solution for metacomputing/metaqueueing capability • Apply GTK, OGSA to facilitate development, operations • Collaborative Research • Distributed visualization, model walkthrough • Heterogeneous architectures • Researcher independence from sites, specific platforms • Model and Data repositories
HPTi Factors for New Solution • Reconfigurable Computing • Introduces dedicated hardware capability… • …that can change at speed of thought • Nallatech BenNUEY (e.g., PCI-4E: DIME II) • Xilinx Virtex family (e.g., BenPRO, BenBLUE) • Faster HPC Development Cycles • Algorithms • Computational science • Feedback to hardware development • Systems integration and management workflow and software • Evolve to Grid computing and Collaborative research/engineering Better Price/ Performance Accelerate Science… Enterprise Capability …Even Faster Acceleration