"2011 China's high-performance computer TOP100 ranking" recently released, ranked second "Shenwei Blu-ray" due to the use of domestically produced CPU has caused strong outside attention. "Shenwei Blu-ray" was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology's 863 Program and manufactured by the National Parallel Computer Engineering Technology Research Center. It was installed at the National Supercomputer Jinan Center in September 2011, and all use the 16-core CPU independently designed and produced by China (Shenwei 1600). The system has a total of 8704 CPUs, 1.07016 petaflops per second at peak value, 0.796 petaflops per second, linear system package test efficiency of 74.37%, and total power consumption of 1074 kilowatts.
A supercomputer usually refers to a computing system that consists of thousands or even more processors (cores) that can handle large, complex calculations that cannot be accomplished by ordinary PCs and servers. The supercomputer at the forefront of information technology has always been an important strategic resource for the country and plays a decisive role in national security, economic, and social development.
For a long time, western countries that have grasped the leading technology of super-computing have imposed strict controls on developing countries, including China, and only allowed these countries to have a computing power of 1% of the international level. China's supercomputer development started in the 1960s. After decades of unremitting efforts, it has achieved fruitful results. The emergence of a number of domestic high-end computing systems such as “Galaxyâ€, “Shenweiâ€, “Dawnâ€, “deep levitation†and so on have made China the third country with the capability to independently develop high-end computing systems after the United States and Japan. In 1983, it successfully developed the "Galaxy" billion supercomputers, making China one of the few countries that can develop supercomputers.
"China Core" draws attention and foreign experts marvel at the water cooling system On October 27, the National Supercomputing Jinan Center was officially unveiled. China's first petascale computer system built entirely using domestic CPUs and system software was built, which indicates that China has become the third country after the United States and Japan to use its own CPU to build petaflops. The center also became one of the three petascale supercomputing centers nationwide approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The advent of “Shen Wei Blu-ray†once again triggered a strong concern in the industry. What are the special features of this system? What are the highlights? The reporter interviewed relevant experts in the industry.
According to Zhang Yunquan, a researcher at the Institute of Software of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Secretary General of the High Performance Computing Committee of the Chinese Computer Society, Shenwei Blu-ray has four major highlights: First, all domestic CPUs are used. It is the first in China's history to use all domestic CPUs. Billion supercomputers; Second, stability is good, test Linpack whole process more than 9 hours without failure, test three times will be able to produce a Linpack test results; third is to let foreign experts feel "surprised" water-cooled system through the water in the cold plate The internal closed water circuit takes away the heat from the mainboard, almost no loss of water and no noise, advanced environmental protection; Fourth, high-density packaging, a machine warehouse can be loaded into 1024 CPUs, petascale size only needs 9 such machine warehouse Can be easily implemented.
"Shenwei Blu-ray" is like a very "baby" and sleep never snoring. "Zhang Yunquan said with a smile." At that time, there was a supercomputer built by a foreign processor. The noise was very loud and the contrast was very clear. "Why would there be no noise? Gu Weidong, director of the National Supercomputing Jinan Center, told reporters that it is because the liquid cooling system of the "Blue Light" functioned. "Like a sandwich, the water-cooled board is tightly sandwiched between two CPU boards." Seamless heat dissipation, so no noise from the fan can be heard despite the CPU running at high speed. â€
"Shen Wei Blu-ray" main memory capacity of 150TB, equivalent to 6 national library collections, peak computing per second up to 1.07 petaflops, in Gu Weidong's words, this is "equal to 200,000 ordinary PC (personal computer) , and very low power consumption."
To break the international monopoly, the core meaning of super-calculated core components to achieve self-controllable “China Core†is the core meaning of “Blue Lightâ€.
Zhang Yunquan frankly stated: “If high-speed network and CPU are the core components of the two supercomputing systems, we can achieve localization, which means that our super-computing has achieved autonomous and controllable. The appearance of “Shenwei Blu-ray†has made China become a follow-on to the United States. After the third country that can use its own CPU to build petaflops, the next step is to continue to increase investment, support research and development, and continue to do it from generation to generation, plus our cost advantage, we believe that our competitiveness will Stronger and stronger, there is even hope for international exports in the future."
"Mastering core technologies is of great significance to breaking international monopoly, enhancing the country's overall strength, and improving the people's quality of life." Talking about this, Yuan Guoxing, a senior concurrent expert at the Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics in Beijing, was very impressed. "Now is foreign to core technologies." The protection is very powerful and a good computer will not be sold to us. With our independent research and development capabilities, we no longer need to be under the control of others."
"This is undoubtedly of epoch-making significance." Professor Qian Depei, the head of the major special group of the National 863 Program "High Performance Computer and its Core Software", gestured heavily with his hands. However, he also stressed that in the current era of international division of labor, each of its own needs should not be too “emphasis localized.†In the long run, relying on domestic core technologies, it has independently developed mature technologies. The operating system and application software, which have source code and form a benign industrial chain, are combined with software and hardware to promote each other. Domestic high-performance computers can get rid of the embarrassing situation of the long-standing "big machines and small applications."
Focusing on practical applications, China’s supercomputer still has a long way to go. “What can supercomputers do?†is the most common question asked by the people.
"There are too many uses," Gu Weidong told reporters. As the province with the highest economic output in Shandong Province, economic and social development has been rapid, with the "Blue Peninsula Economic Zone in Shandong" and the "Efficient Ecological Economic Zone in the Yellow River Delta". In the implementation of the national development strategy, Shandong Province has very urgent needs for supercomputing in key industries such as biomedicine, marine industry, modern agriculture, and modern manufacturing. In order to promote the application of the “Shenwei Blu-ray†petascale system, currently Shandong Province has set up “Shandong Province Supercomputing Technology Special Projectâ€.
"Although from the point of view of direct operations, the majority of super-calculated solutions are large and challenging, and their high-end applications are also confined to certain specific areas, but it cannot be denied that super-calculations are closely linked with the lives of ordinary people. The optimization of car and aircraft design, information services to support online games, special effects for movies, modern logistics, etc. These are all issues that must be faced in the lives of ordinary people,†said Professor Qian Depei.
Speaking of the next application plan, Zhang Yunquan said that after more than one year of open operation tests for the "Tianhe-1A" and the advent of "Blue Light," China has made a lot of new developments in the research and development of supercomputer applications. The research and development level of massively parallel application software is gradually improving. “The next step we hope to make a solid application effect is to see if we can use supercomputing to simulate important scientific breakthroughs, discover new laws, and resolve more major issues concerning the national economy and people’s livelihood.â€
Zhang Yunquan also stressed that China’s super-computing development is very fast. At present, the country is increasing its investment in science and technology to solve the problem of short-circuit applications. Local supercomputing centers are also carrying out their own super-computing layouts and development plans. In this ranking, “Tianhe No. 1A, No. 3, Shenhe Blu-ray, Tianhe No. 1 A-HN, and Nebula were all installed at the National Supercomputer Center. It can be seen that "the overall layout of the supercomputer has already shown initial results." The process needs to be calm and it must be combined with the actual situation in the local area to form a virtuous cycle of development, not just satisfying the good rankings in the pursuit of the rankings.
Yuan Guoxing pointed out that "Shenwei Blu-ray" CPU (Shenwei 1600) is clocked at 0.975-1.2GHz, which is still a lot behind IBM Power in the United States. Whether it is hardware development, or system, application software development and investment matching, programming environment, super-computing "efficient We all have a long way to go in terms of energy, etc.
“China’s super-computing hardware level has already ranked among the top in the world, and system software and application software are particularly urgent to follow up. This requires the concerted efforts of the government and the multiple forces of scientific research. Only through continuous efforts can we achieve the desired results. In other words, we still have a long way to go.†At the end of the interview, Professor Qian Depei said with deep meaning.
A supercomputer usually refers to a computing system that consists of thousands or even more processors (cores) that can handle large, complex calculations that cannot be accomplished by ordinary PCs and servers. The supercomputer at the forefront of information technology has always been an important strategic resource for the country and plays a decisive role in national security, economic, and social development.
For a long time, western countries that have grasped the leading technology of super-computing have imposed strict controls on developing countries, including China, and only allowed these countries to have a computing power of 1% of the international level. China's supercomputer development started in the 1960s. After decades of unremitting efforts, it has achieved fruitful results. The emergence of a number of domestic high-end computing systems such as “Galaxyâ€, “Shenweiâ€, “Dawnâ€, “deep levitation†and so on have made China the third country with the capability to independently develop high-end computing systems after the United States and Japan. In 1983, it successfully developed the "Galaxy" billion supercomputers, making China one of the few countries that can develop supercomputers.
"China Core" draws attention and foreign experts marvel at the water cooling system On October 27, the National Supercomputing Jinan Center was officially unveiled. China's first petascale computer system built entirely using domestic CPUs and system software was built, which indicates that China has become the third country after the United States and Japan to use its own CPU to build petaflops. The center also became one of the three petascale supercomputing centers nationwide approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The advent of “Shen Wei Blu-ray†once again triggered a strong concern in the industry. What are the special features of this system? What are the highlights? The reporter interviewed relevant experts in the industry.
According to Zhang Yunquan, a researcher at the Institute of Software of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Secretary General of the High Performance Computing Committee of the Chinese Computer Society, Shenwei Blu-ray has four major highlights: First, all domestic CPUs are used. It is the first in China's history to use all domestic CPUs. Billion supercomputers; Second, stability is good, test Linpack whole process more than 9 hours without failure, test three times will be able to produce a Linpack test results; third is to let foreign experts feel "surprised" water-cooled system through the water in the cold plate The internal closed water circuit takes away the heat from the mainboard, almost no loss of water and no noise, advanced environmental protection; Fourth, high-density packaging, a machine warehouse can be loaded into 1024 CPUs, petascale size only needs 9 such machine warehouse Can be easily implemented.
"Shenwei Blu-ray" is like a very "baby" and sleep never snoring. "Zhang Yunquan said with a smile." At that time, there was a supercomputer built by a foreign processor. The noise was very loud and the contrast was very clear. "Why would there be no noise? Gu Weidong, director of the National Supercomputing Jinan Center, told reporters that it is because the liquid cooling system of the "Blue Light" functioned. "Like a sandwich, the water-cooled board is tightly sandwiched between two CPU boards." Seamless heat dissipation, so no noise from the fan can be heard despite the CPU running at high speed. â€
"Shen Wei Blu-ray" main memory capacity of 150TB, equivalent to 6 national library collections, peak computing per second up to 1.07 petaflops, in Gu Weidong's words, this is "equal to 200,000 ordinary PC (personal computer) , and very low power consumption."
To break the international monopoly, the core meaning of super-calculated core components to achieve self-controllable “China Core†is the core meaning of “Blue Lightâ€.
Zhang Yunquan frankly stated: “If high-speed network and CPU are the core components of the two supercomputing systems, we can achieve localization, which means that our super-computing has achieved autonomous and controllable. The appearance of “Shenwei Blu-ray†has made China become a follow-on to the United States. After the third country that can use its own CPU to build petaflops, the next step is to continue to increase investment, support research and development, and continue to do it from generation to generation, plus our cost advantage, we believe that our competitiveness will Stronger and stronger, there is even hope for international exports in the future."
"Mastering core technologies is of great significance to breaking international monopoly, enhancing the country's overall strength, and improving the people's quality of life." Talking about this, Yuan Guoxing, a senior concurrent expert at the Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics in Beijing, was very impressed. "Now is foreign to core technologies." The protection is very powerful and a good computer will not be sold to us. With our independent research and development capabilities, we no longer need to be under the control of others."
"This is undoubtedly of epoch-making significance." Professor Qian Depei, the head of the major special group of the National 863 Program "High Performance Computer and its Core Software", gestured heavily with his hands. However, he also stressed that in the current era of international division of labor, each of its own needs should not be too “emphasis localized.†In the long run, relying on domestic core technologies, it has independently developed mature technologies. The operating system and application software, which have source code and form a benign industrial chain, are combined with software and hardware to promote each other. Domestic high-performance computers can get rid of the embarrassing situation of the long-standing "big machines and small applications."
Focusing on practical applications, China’s supercomputer still has a long way to go. “What can supercomputers do?†is the most common question asked by the people.
"There are too many uses," Gu Weidong told reporters. As the province with the highest economic output in Shandong Province, economic and social development has been rapid, with the "Blue Peninsula Economic Zone in Shandong" and the "Efficient Ecological Economic Zone in the Yellow River Delta". In the implementation of the national development strategy, Shandong Province has very urgent needs for supercomputing in key industries such as biomedicine, marine industry, modern agriculture, and modern manufacturing. In order to promote the application of the “Shenwei Blu-ray†petascale system, currently Shandong Province has set up “Shandong Province Supercomputing Technology Special Projectâ€.
"Although from the point of view of direct operations, the majority of super-calculated solutions are large and challenging, and their high-end applications are also confined to certain specific areas, but it cannot be denied that super-calculations are closely linked with the lives of ordinary people. The optimization of car and aircraft design, information services to support online games, special effects for movies, modern logistics, etc. These are all issues that must be faced in the lives of ordinary people,†said Professor Qian Depei.
Speaking of the next application plan, Zhang Yunquan said that after more than one year of open operation tests for the "Tianhe-1A" and the advent of "Blue Light," China has made a lot of new developments in the research and development of supercomputer applications. The research and development level of massively parallel application software is gradually improving. “The next step we hope to make a solid application effect is to see if we can use supercomputing to simulate important scientific breakthroughs, discover new laws, and resolve more major issues concerning the national economy and people’s livelihood.â€
Zhang Yunquan also stressed that China’s super-computing development is very fast. At present, the country is increasing its investment in science and technology to solve the problem of short-circuit applications. Local supercomputing centers are also carrying out their own super-computing layouts and development plans. In this ranking, “Tianhe No. 1A, No. 3, Shenhe Blu-ray, Tianhe No. 1 A-HN, and Nebula were all installed at the National Supercomputer Center. It can be seen that "the overall layout of the supercomputer has already shown initial results." The process needs to be calm and it must be combined with the actual situation in the local area to form a virtuous cycle of development, not just satisfying the good rankings in the pursuit of the rankings.
Yuan Guoxing pointed out that "Shenwei Blu-ray" CPU (Shenwei 1600) is clocked at 0.975-1.2GHz, which is still a lot behind IBM Power in the United States. Whether it is hardware development, or system, application software development and investment matching, programming environment, super-computing "efficient We all have a long way to go in terms of energy, etc.
“China’s super-computing hardware level has already ranked among the top in the world, and system software and application software are particularly urgent to follow up. This requires the concerted efforts of the government and the multiple forces of scientific research. Only through continuous efforts can we achieve the desired results. In other words, we still have a long way to go.†At the end of the interview, Professor Qian Depei said with deep meaning.
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