Journal of Shanghai University(Natural Science Edition) ›› 2016, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (1): 3-16.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1007-2861.2015.03.014

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On the challenge for supercomputer design in the big data era

LIAO Xiangke, TAN Yusong, LU Yutong, XIE Min, ZHOU Enqiang, HUANG Jie   

  1. School of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • Received:2015-12-23 Online:2016-02-29 Published:2016-02-29

Abstract:

Because traditional supercomputer is designed for high-performance computing, big data processing applications brings some software and hardware challenges including compute, storage, communication and programming. This paper introduces optimization methods of Tianhe-2 supercomputer system to process big data, such as a new heterogeneous polymorphic architecture, custom high-speed TH-Express 2+ interconnection network, hybrid hierarchical storage system and hybrid computing pattern framework.These efforts maybe make help for how to design supercomputers in the age of big data.

Key words: big data, supercomputer, Tianhe-2