RAW: A Novel Reconfigurable Architecture Design Using Wireless For Future Generation Supercomputers

摘要

Current day Grand Challenge applications have conscripted scientists to move towards developing high performance computers. These applications are a part of varied scientific and engineering domains whose solution is impossible without the exercise of high performance computers. The need for faster computing in the order of exaFLOPs requires a type of architecture which complies with the power to performance ratio, satisfying the requirements of the end user. In this paper we present you a design for a node as well as cluster architecture of a high performance cum power aware supercomputer. The node architecture of the proposed design paradigm is made to be more application specific by the application of FPGAs or ASICs catering to the need of Grand Challenge Applications. A wireless routing technology is used for higher level communication i.e. inter application communication. Wireless technology makes architecture more reconfigurable catering to the communication complexity of different algorithms in the grand challenge applications. More over using wireless technology for higher level communication reduces the power consumption to a large extent thereby making this design paradigm suitable for varied class of grand challenge applications.