Supercomputer Architecture Exploration for Zettascale Computing
Disciplines
Computer and Systems Architecture | Software Engineering | Systems Architecture
Abstract (300 words maximum)
In 2022, humanity entered the era of exascale computing. Supercomputers are typically compared in terms of their floating-point operations per second (FLOPS). Exascale supercomputers are capable of reaching 10¹⁸ FLOPS (one exaFLOPS). To maintain the United States' leadership in high-performance computers, we must begin exploring potential system architectures for the next generation of supercomputers in the zettascale era. These new architectures will likely have to address the decreasing rate of chip-level compute improvements through the application of novel designs. The Structural Simulation Toolkit (SST) is an open-source computer system simulator that provides parallel simulation and scalable performance. These qualities make SST a leading candidate for future High-performance Computer (HPC) architecture exploration through system design benchmarking. In this project, we first explore SST's code structure and development environment followed by the evaluation and comparison of various supercomputer system components with different configurations. Finally, we analyze and discuss experimental data. This project was completed with the help of KSU's HPC platform.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
CCSE - Computer Science
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Bobin Deng
Supercomputer Architecture Exploration for Zettascale Computing
In 2022, humanity entered the era of exascale computing. Supercomputers are typically compared in terms of their floating-point operations per second (FLOPS). Exascale supercomputers are capable of reaching 10¹⁸ FLOPS (one exaFLOPS). To maintain the United States' leadership in high-performance computers, we must begin exploring potential system architectures for the next generation of supercomputers in the zettascale era. These new architectures will likely have to address the decreasing rate of chip-level compute improvements through the application of novel designs. The Structural Simulation Toolkit (SST) is an open-source computer system simulator that provides parallel simulation and scalable performance. These qualities make SST a leading candidate for future High-performance Computer (HPC) architecture exploration through system design benchmarking. In this project, we first explore SST's code structure and development environment followed by the evaluation and comparison of various supercomputer system components with different configurations. Finally, we analyze and discuss experimental data. This project was completed with the help of KSU's HPC platform.