IBM next year makes the whole world the fastest super computer

Beijing time on December 8 afternoon message, according to foreign media coverage, IBM next year will release chip of new fund Power 7, will be used at the United States Yilinuosi in the super computer of the university, hopeful makes the whole world the fastest super computer, peak value speed can be amounted to 10 times of the fastest super computer more current.

Be located at Yilinuosi university

Yilinuosi the famed whole world of super computer center of the university, no matter be,still be in the novel in real world, here is the birthplace of super computer. Novel " aerospace roams " (2001: In Yilinuosi city of accept of city Wu Er class builds the super computer HAL 9000 in A Space Odyssey) , namely university champagne divides Yilinuosi school (seat of University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) .

Although do not long to have artificial intelligence, but like HAL 9000, of IBM " La Shui " (Blue Waters) is super computer project also aux will be able to is in quite the complex operation with very short time many inline processing, and, these two products will be in school of university champagne c the best selling dog crates largeent assembles Yilinuosi. This super computer will be placed to be in a of champagne cent school special building, its theory speed will achieve 10 Petaflop, for 10 times of speed of peak value of the fastest super computer more current. 1 Petaflop is equal to 15 power of 10 second floating-point operation, it is the main index of super computer function. dog stairs

American state is super computational application center (the following abbreviation " NCSA " ) one part is located at Yilinuosi university, to 2011, this project will be become face communal and open whole world the largest super computer.

Use multinomial and novel technology

norton internet antivirusSuper computer by nature is to handle complex issue and the equipment that rises large quantities of microprocessor combination. What the processor of La Shui IBM Power 7 that was about to release first half of the year 2010 will become IBM to be stridden in this domain is important one pace. "Walk along cuckoo " (Roadrunner) ever carried off for many times the whole world is the fastest super computer title, the function of a kind of chip that uses in this product will be gone to by conformity in processor of IBM new fund. IBM system and researcher of group of science and technology Bulaideli Maikegeleidi (Bradley McCredie) says, power 7 had the crucial technology of the design of admiral Power chip and Cell processor confluence, the processor of latter and AMD is used at American Lowes A to pull lab of Home Mo Siguo together (Alamos National Laboratory) walks along cuckoo super computer. He says: "We carry out Cell the means conformity of floating-point operation to arrive in the core of Power 7. "We carry out Cell the means conformity of floating-point operation to arrive in the core of Power 7..

But this is not the distinctive office with sole Power 7. This product is integrated in a chip 8 processing core, every core can carry out 4 lines Cheng, this makes a chip possessed 32 fictitious core. photograph comparing, the high end of Intel can handle 2 lines Cheng only normally to the every processing core of powerful processor.

IBM still used novel storage technology. Static RAM memory is a kind of technology that is used extensively, almost all processor serve as this kind of memory piece on memory will use, 1 billion transistor are had at most in high-end p dvd discovery rocessor. IBM hopes to avoid to use this kind of scale giant and the technology with high cost, turn and use a kind of technology that the name is E-DRAM, make the gross of transistor maintains control in 1.2 billion. Maikegeleidi says: "If we pass all cache static RAM to finish, so the amount of transistor can exceed 2 billion for certain. So the amount of transistor can exceed 2 billion for certain..

The speed of th dog stairs for bed is chip how? IBM has not decide finally, but advocate frequency can arrive in 3GHz probably between 4GHz, under before the 5GHz of Power 6 chip. Maikegeleidi says: "We can get performance from the other place such as E-DRAM. We need to reduce advocate frequency speed, melt in order to shun this product that has 8 core. Melt in order to shun this product that has 8 core..

IBM still is passed a few otherer alter will enhance performance, for example, circuit system introduces on chip, so that have communication with systematic memory, dog crates large return " malfunction " instruction. Systematic memory is installed before this at processor exterior.

How IBM cools do this e dog stairs best buy xceed high speed processor? The answer is water-cooling. The IBM res the best selling dog stairsearcher that participates in this project Aide Saiminaluo (Ed Seminaro) says: "Our environmental protection sex actually taller. We used a lot of device that are used at computer room refrigeration and power supply originally, go to its and server, memory and interconnection hardware installation same a machine ark is medium. " he returns say: "Whole machine ark uses water-cooling. We come with water directly absorption of heat, so special and energy-saving. So special and energy-saving..

Will become the whole world the fastest super computer

Saiminaluo expresses, blue water project is met by American national science foundation (National Science Foundation) is aided financially, by American department of defense advanced research plans arrange before this (a project that DARPA) place supports also will use Power 7 processor. dog crates large

Saiminaluo says: "As a result of DARPA intervene, we did the business that cannot accomplish originally more very much. The contract of blue water project is later. La Shui can be aided financially by American national science foundation, the project of DARPA laid solid foundation for us. The project of DARPA laid solid foundation for us..

From theoretic tell, la Shui will have chip of sixteen thousand three hundred and eighty-four Power 7, namely so called " node " , academic perf dog crates large strong ormance will achieve 16 Petaflop. The rate of theoretical peak value with this prime product also can be close to 10 Petaflop at least. In actual software application " can last " speed will achi dvd discovery 3 eve 1 Petaflop, but this is not the whole world super computer the 500 index that strong place thinks.

But Saiminaluo expresses, meet like DARPA and American national science foundation such organization is not valued only " peak value " function, because this is planted,functi dog stairs on can be obtained through the assembly of thick mad type. In speak of the whole world super computer 500 strong when adoption Linpack fiducial test, he says, "Although faster bandwidth is lacked between node, still also can gain pretty good mark. When because be in,having this one fiducial test, be defeated as it is said without any number almost between node, accordingly although memory bandwidth function is not constant error, OK still snatch is divided high. OK still snatch is divided high..

Saiminaluo thinks, speed is transmitted to will achieve revolutionary progress between the node of blue water project. He says: "The peak value between two any node in this system transmits speed to be able to amount to every second 192GB. Had this kind of rate, no matter the instruction defer between which two node also won't exceed 1 delicate. No matter the instruction defer between which two node also won't exceed 1 delicate..

This kind of function is crucial to large company and governmental orgnaization. Saiminaluo says: "Include Boeing, general motors and Ford inside a lot of enterprises are using this kind of system in great quantities. Most collision checks nowadays also is finish on this kind of equipment. Many weather forecast also should use this kind of platform. " he still complements, the application of a lot of government dominant also should count this kind of equipment, how to handle nuclear waste appropriately for example.

Saiminaluo participated in super computer project for the first time 1999, and La Shui is the super computer project with the biggest dimensions that since that he participates in. He says: "This is the biggest really. "This is the biggest really..

Power 7 still will face partial business to be rolled out with server product henceforth, with antagonism Intel. Saiminaluo says: "We will use a product at popularizing its partial business first half of the year next year in. " (vessel grand)