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November23,2011
NVIDIATegraProcessorsBlazetheWayforARMinSupercomputing
MichaelFeldman
AshasbecomeapparenttonearlyeveryoneintheHPCcommunity,lifebeyondpetascalesupercomputingwill
bepowerlimited.Manyeffortsaroundtheworldarenowunderwaytoaddressthisproblem,bothbycommercial
interestsandresearchers.OnesucheffortthatbringsbothintoplayistheMontBlancresearchprojectatthe
BarcelonaSupercomputingCenter(BSC),whichislookingtoexploitARMprocessors,GPUs,andotheroffthe
shelftechnologiestoproduceradicallyenergyefficientsupercomputers.
Inthiscase,radicallymeansusing15to30timeslessenergythanwouldbethecasewithcurrentHPC
technologies.Theideaistobeabletobuildpetascale,andeventuallyexascalesupercomputersthatwoulddraw
nomorethantwicethepowerofthetopsupercomputerstoday.(Theworldchamp10petaflopKcomputerchews
up12MWrunningLinpack.)Specifically,thegoalisdevelopanarchitecturethatcanscaleto50petaflopsonjust
7MWofpowerinthe2014timeframe,and200petaflopswith10MWby2017.
TheMontBlancprojectwasofficiallykickedoffonOctober14,andthanksto14millionEurosinfunding,is
alreadyinfullswing.Lastweek,NVIDIAannounced(http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/201111
14/barcelona_supercomputing_center_to_deploy_prototype_armbased_cpu_gpu_supercomputer.html)that
BSChadbuiltanddeployedaprototypemachineusingtheGPUmakersARMbasedTegraprocessorsthat
have,upuntilnow,beenusedonlyinmobiledevices.
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ThepowersippingARMisincreasinglyturningupinconversationsaroundenergyefficientHPC.AtSC11in
Seattlelastweek,therewereacoupleofsessionsalongtheselines,includingaBoFonEnergyEfficientHigh
PerformanceComputingthatfeaturedtheadvantagesoftheARMarchitectureforthislineofworkaswellasa
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PGIexhibitorforumonsomeofthepracticalaspectsofusingARMprocessorsforhighperformancecomputing.
TherewasalsotherecentnewsbyARMLtdofitsnew64bitARMdesign
(http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/20111027/arm_discloses_technical_details_of_64bit_architecture.html)
(ARMv8),whichisintendedtomovethearchitectureintotheserverarena.
NVIDIAisalreadysoldonARM,andnotjustfortheTegraline.InJanuary,thecompanyrevealedProject
Denver,(http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/201101
06/nvidia_arms_itself_for_heterogeneous_computing_future.html)itsplantodesignprocessorsthatintegrate
NVIDIAdesignedARMCPUsandCUDAGPUs,withtheideaofintroducingthemacrosstheirentireportfolio,
includingthehighendTeslaline.Wethinkthatthemomentumisclearlypointinginthedirectionofmoreand
moreARMinfiltrationintotheHPCspace,saidSteveScott,CTOofNVIDIAsTeslaUnit.
TheMontBlancprojectiscertainlyanendorsementofthisapproach.TheinitialBSCprototypesystemisa256
nodecluster,witheachnodepairingadualcoreTegra2withtwoindependentARMCortexA9processors.The
(http://www.hpcwire.com/2012/04/04/from_mobile_phones_to_superco
(http://www.hpcwire.com/2015/02/17/bsl
FromMobilePhonesto
intelextendexascale
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researcheffort/)
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BSC,IntelExtend
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(http://www.hpcwire.com/2015/02/17/bsl
wholemachinedeliversameager512gigaflops(peak)andanefficiencyofabout300megaflops/watt,whichis
onparwithacurrentgenerationx86basedcluster.Thenumbersherearesomewhatmeaninglessthough.The
intelextendexascale
researcheffort/)
initialsystemisaproofofconceptplatformdesignedforresearcherstobegindevelopmentofthesoftwarestack
andportsomeinitialapplications.
ThesecondBSCprototype,scheduledtobebuiltinthefirsthalfof2012,willemployNVIDIAsnextgeneration
quadcoreTegra3chipshookeduptodiscreteNVIDIAGPUs,inthiscase,theGeForce520MX(aGPUfor
laptops).Thissystemisalso256nodes,butwilldeliverontheorderof38peakteraflops.Energyefficiencyis
estimatedtobeamuchmoreimpressive7.5gigaflops/watt,ormorethanthreeandahalftimesbetterthanthe
industryleadingBlueGene/Qsupercomputer.Inconjunctionwiththissecondprototype,NVIDIAwillbereleasing
anewCUDAtoolkitthatwillincludeARMsupport.
(http://www.hpcwire.com/2015/02/13/horst
(http://www.hpcwire.com/2010/12/01/intel_
simonhpcslowdown/)
IntelChartsItsMulticore
HorstSimonontheHPC
andManycoreFuturefor
Giventhetimeframethough(20132014),thesystemislikelytoincludeNVIDIAprocessorsusingProjectDenver
technology,withthechipmakershomegrownARMimplementationandmuchmoreperformantGPUs.
Slowdown
HPC
Bytheendofthethreeyearproject,theresearchersintendtohaveacompletesoftwarestack,includingan
simonhpcslowdown/)
ThefirsttwoprototypesareBSCinventions.Theprojectwillsubsequentlydevelopitsownmoreadvanced
prototype.AccordingtoScott,thatclusterwillbe1,000nodes,althoughtheinternalmakeupisstillnotdecided.
(http://www.hpcwire.com/2015/02/13/horst
(http://www.hpcwire.com/2010/12/01/intel_
operatingsystem,runtimelibraries,scientificlibraries,clustermanagementmiddleware,oneormorefile
systems,andperformancetools.Theyalsohopetohave11fullscalescientificapplicationsrunningonthe
architecture,whichencompassfluiddynamics,proteinfolding,weathermodeling,quantumchromodynamics,
andseismicsimulations,amongothers.
WhetherMontBlancleadstoanycommercialHPCproductsremainstobeseen.NVIDIA,foritspart,iscertainly
happytoseethislevelinterestandadoptionofitsARMGPUapproach.Weseethisasseedingthe
environment,wherepeoplecandosoftwaredevelopmentandexperimentation,saidScott.Wethinkthatitwill
growintosomethinglargerdowntheroad.
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