582:
40:
555:(CAS) announced a record-breaking scientific simulation on the Tianhe-1A supercomputer that furthers their research in solar energy. CAS-IPE scientists ran a complex molecular dynamics simulation on all 7,168 NVIDIA Tesla GPUs to achieve a performance of 1.87 petaflops (about the same performance as 130,000 laptops).
373:
and went offline for some time. Xinhua reports that "the office building of
Chinese supercomputer Tianhe-1, one of the world's fastest supercomputers, suffered damage". Sources at Tianhe-1 told Xinhua that the computer was not damaged, but that they had shut down some of its operations as a
473:
statistics as of
October 2010. Tianhe-1A has a theoretical peak performance of 4.701 petaflops. NVIDIA suggests that it would have taken "50,000 CPUs and twice as much floor space to deliver the same performance using CPUs alone." The current heterogeneous system consumes 4.04
486:, plus a 16-port switching board. Each blade is composed of two computer nodes, with each computer node containing two Xeon X5670 6-core processors and one Nvidia M2050 GPU processor. The system has 3584 total blades containing 7168 GPUs, and 14,336 CPUs, managed by the
481:
The Tianhe-1A system is composed of 112 computer cabinets, 12 storage cabinets, 6 communications cabinets, and 8 I/O cabinets. Each computer cabinet is composed of four frames, with each frame containing eight
1312:
896:
537:
The computer cost $ 88 million to build. Approximately $ 20 million is spent annually for electricity and operating expenses. Approximately 200 workers are employed in its operation.
505:
Another significant reason for the increased performance of the upgraded Tianhe-1A system is the
Chinese-designed NUDT custom designed proprietary high-speed interconnect called
1189:
423:
in its first Top 500 test and had a peak performance of 1.2 petaflops. Thus at startup, the system had an efficiency of 46%. Originally, Tianhe-1 was powered by 4,096 Intel
1037:
563:
388:
325:
74:
992:
534:. It is an "open access" computer, meaning it provides services for other countries. The supercomputer will be available to international clients.
1256:
1083:
1023:
351:
to become the world's fastest supercomputer, with a peak computing rate of 2.57 petaFLOPS. In June 2011 the Tianhe-1A was overtaken by the
1292:
1211:
870:
1280:
1197:
789:
821:
1379:
943:
469:
SPARC-based processors are also installed in the system, but their computing power was not counted into the machine's official
308:
979:
221:
344:
207:
20:
526:
The supercomputer is installed at the
National Supercomputing Center, Tianjin, and is used to carry out computations for
1374:
816:
1384:
552:
450:
In
October 2010, Tianhe-1A, an upgraded supercomputer, was unveiled at HPC 2010 China. It is now equipped with 14,336
1129:
408:
965:
1369:
435:
817:"China's supercomputer called world's fastest - Tianhe-1 can make 2,57 trillion calculations per second"
600:
595:
567:
531:
527:
520:
370:
176:
1094:
Yang Xue-Jun; Liao Xiang-Ke; et al. (2011). "The TianHe-1A Supercomputer: Its
Hardware and Software".
745:
Richard Stone and Hao Xin (5 November 2010). "Supercomputer Leaves
Competition - And Users - in the Dust".
1330:
652:
487:
432:
348:
506:
24:
1143:
754:
495:
1260:
1175:
523:. The FeiTeng-1000 processor is used both on service nodes and to enhance the system interconnect.
1111:
697:
332:, it was the fastest computer in the world from October 2010 to June 2011 and was one of the few
154:
143:
130:
119:
1162:"China Grabs Supercomputing Leadership Spot in Latest Ranking of World's Top 500 Supercomputers"
625:"Tianhe-1 - NUDT TH-1 Cluster, Xeon E5540/E5450, ATI Radeon HD 4870 2, Infiniband | TOP500"
1296:
1215:
874:
770:
303:
1009:
1103:
1061:
762:
412:
363:
294:
252:
89:
1248:
689:
966:"Most Powerful Supercomputer in the World Powered by the Six-Core AMD Opteron Processor"
758:
439:
39:
1363:
1079:
314:
1190:"China's Investment in GPU Supercomputing Begins to Pay Off Big Time! « NVIDIA"
1161:
918:
1276:
1115:
766:
587:
483:
458:
403:
2009, and was immediately ranked as the world's fifth fastest supercomputer in the
259:
719:
1349:
1268:
1107:
666:
577:
551:
In June 2011, scientists at the
Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) at the
545:
510:
428:
424:
355:
as the world's fastest supercomputer, which was also subsequently superseded.
352:
559:
499:
491:
333:
774:
637:
50:
Tianhe-1 Operational 29 October 2009, Tianhe-1A Operational 28 October 2010
693:
690:"我国首台千万亿次超级计算机研制成功 (China builds its first petaFLOP level supercomputer)"
605:
475:
392:
844:
517:
470:
466:
78:
624:
1339:
1269:"China's Defense University builds World Third fastest supercomputer"
541:
404:
187:
570:
nearby. The computer was not damaged and still remains operational.
668:
China's
Defense University builds World Third fastest supercomputer
462:
420:
396:
359:
329:
321:
318:
150:
139:
126:
115:
94:
82:
1313:"China's super computer Tianhe-1 re-started after Tianjin blasts"
1050:
897:"China's super computer Tianhe-1 re-started after Tianjin blasts"
540:
Tianhe-IA was ranked as the world's fastest supercomputer in the
478:
compared to over 12 megawatts had it been built only with CPUs.
454:
451:
1239:
723:
1076:
U.S. says China building 'entirely indigenous' supercomputer
369:
On 12 August 2015, Tianhe-1 felt the impact of the powerful
1293:"At least 17 killed, 400 injured in massive Tianjin blasts"
871:"At least 17 killed, 400 injured in massive Tianjin blasts"
1240:
National
University of Defense Technology Official website
490:
job scheduler. The total disk storage of the systems is 2
1257:"Defense university builds China's fastest supercomputer"
1249:"Defense university builds China's fastest supercomputer"
1212:"Supercomputer Tianhe-1A shut down due to Tianjin blast"
1176:"Chinese supercomputer ranked world's fastest by TOP500"
980:"Tianhe-1, China's first Petaflop/s scale supercomputer"
389:
Chinese National University of Defense Technology (NUDT)
1038:"NVIDIA Tesla GPUs Power World's Fastest Supercomputer"
1178:(Press release). Peopledaily.com.cn. 17 November 2010.
1259:. Xinhua News Agency. 29 October 2009. Archived from
509:
that runs at 160 Gbit/s, twice the bandwidth of
339:
In October 2010, an upgraded version of the machine (
264:
944:"Two Rival Supercomputers Duke It out for Top Spot"
258:
251:
246:
234:
220:
206:
197:
183:
172:
164:
110:
100:
88:
70:
62:
54:
46:
498:, and the total memory size of the system is 262
374:precaution. Operation resumed on 17 August 2015.
1130:"World's fastest supercomputer belongs to China"
790:"Japanese supercomputer 'K' is world's fastest"
358:Both the original Tianhe-1 and Tianhe-1A use a
1144:"Supercomputer to be open to foreign clients"
1062:SLURM Version 2.2: Features and Release Plans
647:
645:
438:(GPUs), which were made up of 2,560 dual-GPU
226:
212:
8:
1281:"China Wrests Supercomputer Title From U.S."
1271:. china-defense-mashup.com. 29 October 2009.
1024:"China builds world's fastest supercomputer"
1004:
1002:
1000:
32:
938:
936:
899:. Economic Times World News. 17 August 2015
671:, china-defense-mashup.com, 29 October 2009
1319:
1164:(Press release). TOP500. 11 November 2010.
1096:Journal of Computer Science and Technology
317:capable of an Rmax (maximum range) of 2.5
243:
168:TOP500: 1st, November 2010 (Tianhe-1A)
38:
1040:(Press release). Nvidia. 29 October 2010.
564:National Supercomputing Center of Tianjin
399:. It was first revealed to the public on
326:National Supercomputing Center of Tianjin
58:National University of Defense Technology
638:https://top500.org/lists/top500/2010/11/
104:96 TB (98304 GB) for Tianhe-1,
845:"Nearly every supercomputer runs Linux"
616:
562:supercomputer was shut down after the
516:The system also used the Chinese-made
302:
194:
31:
1315:. The Economic Times. 17 August 2015.
1251:. Sina English News. 29 October 2009.
1071:
1069:
419:2009. Tianhe achieved a speed of 563
7:
1340:World's most powerful supercomputer
653:"China takes HPC heavyweight title"
720:"China claims supercomputer crown"
14:
982:. Top 500 blog. 13 November 2009.
919:"China joins supercomputer elite"
822:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
1214:. 12 August 2015. Archived from
580:
23:, the first core module of the
1344:October 2010 – June 2011
767:10.1126/science.330.6005.746-a
544:list until July 2011 when the
387:Tianhe-1 was developed by the
265:
227:
213:
75:National Supercomputing Center
66:National Supercomputing Center
1:
788:Chivers, Tom (20 June 2011).
336:supercomputers in the world.
21:Tianhe (space station module)
1026:. ZDNet UK. 29 October 2010.
946:. PC World. 15 November 2009
496:Lustre clustered file system
1291:Xinhua News (August 2015).
1132:. CNN.com. 28 October 2010.
869:Xinhua News (August 2015).
553:Chinese Academy of Sciences
427:processors and 1,024 Intel
1401:
407:list released at the 2009
83:People's Republic of China
18:
1346:
1337:
1327:
1322:
1108:10.1007/s02011-011-1137-8
815:CBC News (October 2010).
436:graphics processing units
409:Supercomputing Conference
298:
276:
242:
202:
106:262 TB for Tianhe-1A
37:
222:Traditional Chinese
19:Not to be confused with
1380:Supercomputing in China
1078:, by Patrick Thibodeau
1010:"Top100爆冷门 天河一号力压星云再夺魁"
921:. BBC. 16 November 2009
601:Supercomputing in China
596:HPC Challenge Benchmark
521:central processing unit
431:processors, with 5,120
208:Simplified Chinese
33:Tianhe-1 and Tianhe-1A
843:srlinuxx (May 2010).
528:petroleum exploration
457:processors and 7,168
440:ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
179:, aircraft simulation
177:Petroleum exploration
25:Chinese Space Station
463:general purpose GPUs
1375:Petascale computers
1279:(28 October 2010).
1263:on 31 October 2009.
1150:. 18 November 2010.
968:. 16 November 2009.
759:2010Sci...330..746S
138:Tianhe-1A: 2,566.0
34:
1385:X86 supercomputers
1284:The New York Times
1082:, 4 November 2010
1012:. 28 October 2010.
698:XinhuaNet.com News
655:. 28 October 2010.
371:Tianjin explosions
1358:
1357:
1347:Succeeded by
1299:on 14 August 2015
1218:on 14 August 2015
877:on 14 August 2015
753:(6005): 746–747.
726:. 29 October 2010
700:. 29 October 2009
494:implemented as a
324:. Located at the
280:
279:
272:
271:
253:Standard Mandarin
193:
192:
1392:
1328:Preceded by
1320:
1316:
1308:
1306:
1304:
1295:. Archived from
1287:
1272:
1264:
1252:
1244:
1228:
1227:
1225:
1223:
1208:
1202:
1201:
1200:on 12 June 2011.
1196:. Archived from
1194:blogs.nvidia.com
1186:
1180:
1179:
1172:
1166:
1165:
1158:
1152:
1151:
1140:
1134:
1133:
1126:
1120:
1119:
1091:
1085:
1073:
1064:
1059:
1053:
1048:
1042:
1041:
1034:
1028:
1027:
1020:
1014:
1013:
1006:
995:
990:
984:
983:
976:
970:
969:
962:
956:
955:
953:
951:
940:
931:
930:
928:
926:
915:
909:
908:
906:
904:
893:
887:
886:
884:
882:
873:. Archived from
866:
860:
859:
857:
855:
840:
834:
833:
831:
829:
812:
806:
805:
803:
801:
785:
779:
778:
742:
736:
735:
733:
731:
716:
710:
709:
707:
705:
686:
680:
679:
678:
676:
663:
657:
656:
649:
640:
635:
629:
628:
621:
590:
585:
584:
583:
442:graphics cards.
418:
413:Portland, Oregon
402:
364:operating system
305:
300:
268:
267:
244:
238:"Milky Way No.1"
230:
229:
216:
215:
195:
90:Operating system
42:
35:
1400:
1399:
1395:
1394:
1393:
1391:
1390:
1389:
1370:2009 in science
1360:
1359:
1354:
1352:
1343:
1335:
1333:
1311:
1302:
1300:
1290:
1275:
1267:
1255:
1247:
1242:
1236:
1231:
1221:
1219:
1210:
1209:
1205:
1188:
1187:
1183:
1174:
1173:
1169:
1160:
1159:
1155:
1142:
1141:
1137:
1128:
1127:
1123:
1093:
1092:
1088:
1074:
1067:
1060:
1056:
1049:
1045:
1036:
1035:
1031:
1022:
1021:
1017:
1008:
1007:
998:
991:
987:
978:
977:
973:
964:
963:
959:
949:
947:
942:
941:
934:
924:
922:
917:
916:
912:
902:
900:
895:
894:
890:
880:
878:
868:
867:
863:
853:
851:
842:
841:
837:
827:
825:
814:
813:
809:
799:
797:
787:
786:
782:
744:
743:
739:
729:
727:
718:
717:
713:
703:
701:
688:
687:
683:
674:
672:
665:
664:
660:
651:
650:
643:
636:
632:
623:
622:
618:
614:
586:
581:
579:
576:
566:was damaged by
532:aircraft design
448:
416:
411:(SC09) held in
400:
385:
380:
235:Literal meaning
158:
147:
137:
134:
123:
105:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1398:
1396:
1388:
1387:
1382:
1377:
1372:
1362:
1361:
1356:
1355:
1348:
1345:
1336:
1334:1.75 petaflops
1329:
1325:
1324:
1318:
1317:
1309:
1288:
1273:
1265:
1253:
1245:
1235:
1234:External links
1232:
1230:
1229:
1203:
1181:
1167:
1153:
1135:
1121:
1102:(3): 344–351.
1086:
1065:
1054:
1043:
1029:
1015:
996:
985:
971:
957:
932:
910:
888:
861:
835:
807:
780:
737:
711:
692:(in Chinese).
681:
658:
641:
630:
615:
613:
610:
609:
608:
603:
598:
592:
591:
575:
572:
447:
444:
384:
381:
379:
376:
278:
277:
274:
273:
270:
269:
262:
256:
255:
249:
248:
247:Transcriptions
240:
239:
236:
232:
231:
224:
218:
217:
210:
204:
203:
200:
199:
191:
190:
185:
181:
180:
174:
170:
169:
166:
162:
161:
156:
145:
132:
121:
114:Tianhe-1: 563
112:
108:
107:
102:
98:
97:
92:
86:
85:
72:
68:
67:
64:
60:
59:
56:
52:
51:
48:
44:
43:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1397:
1386:
1383:
1381:
1378:
1376:
1373:
1371:
1368:
1367:
1365:
1353:8.2 petaflops
1351:
1342:
1341:
1332:
1326:
1321:
1314:
1310:
1298:
1294:
1289:
1285:
1282:
1278:
1277:Vance, Ashlee
1274:
1270:
1266:
1262:
1258:
1254:
1250:
1246:
1241:
1238:
1237:
1233:
1217:
1213:
1207:
1204:
1199:
1195:
1191:
1185:
1182:
1177:
1171:
1168:
1163:
1157:
1154:
1149:
1145:
1139:
1136:
1131:
1125:
1122:
1117:
1113:
1109:
1105:
1101:
1097:
1090:
1087:
1084:
1081:
1080:Computerworld
1077:
1072:
1070:
1066:
1063:
1058:
1055:
1052:
1047:
1044:
1039:
1033:
1030:
1025:
1019:
1016:
1011:
1005:
1003:
1001:
997:
994:
989:
986:
981:
975:
972:
967:
961:
958:
945:
939:
937:
933:
920:
914:
911:
898:
892:
889:
876:
872:
865:
862:
850:
846:
839:
836:
824:
823:
818:
811:
808:
795:
794:The Telegraph
791:
784:
781:
776:
772:
768:
764:
760:
756:
752:
748:
741:
738:
725:
721:
715:
712:
699:
695:
694:SINA.com News
691:
685:
682:
670:
669:
662:
659:
654:
648:
646:
642:
639:
634:
631:
626:
620:
617:
611:
607:
604:
602:
599:
597:
594:
593:
589:
578:
573:
571:
569:
565:
561:
556:
554:
549:
548:overtook it.
547:
543:
538:
535:
533:
529:
524:
522:
519:
514:
512:
508:
503:
501:
497:
493:
489:
485:
479:
477:
472:
468:
464:
460:
456:
453:
445:
443:
441:
437:
434:
430:
426:
422:
414:
410:
406:
398:
394:
390:
382:
377:
375:
372:
367:
365:
361:
356:
354:
350:
346:
342:
337:
335:
331:
327:
323:
320:
316:
315:supercomputer
312:
310:
304:
296:
292:
288:
284:
275:
263:
261:
257:
254:
250:
245:
241:
237:
233:
225:
223:
219:
211:
209:
205:
201:
196:
189:
186:
182:
178:
175:
171:
167:
163:
159:
152:
148:
141:
135:
128:
124:
117:
113:
109:
103:
99:
96:
93:
91:
87:
84:
80:
76:
73:
69:
65:
61:
57:
53:
49:
45:
41:
36:
30:
26:
22:
16:Supercomputer
1338:
1301:. Retrieved
1297:the original
1283:
1261:the original
1243:(in English)
1220:. Retrieved
1216:the original
1206:
1198:the original
1193:
1184:
1170:
1156:
1147:
1138:
1124:
1099:
1095:
1089:
1075:
1057:
1046:
1032:
1018:
988:
974:
960:
948:. Retrieved
923:. Retrieved
913:
901:. Retrieved
891:
879:. Retrieved
875:the original
864:
852:. Retrieved
849:Tux Machines
848:
838:
826:. Retrieved
820:
810:
798:. Retrieved
793:
783:
750:
746:
740:
728:. Retrieved
714:
702:. Retrieved
684:
673:, retrieved
667:
661:
633:
619:
588:China portal
568:an explosion
557:
550:
539:
536:
525:
518:FeiTeng-1000
515:
504:
480:
467:FeiTeng 1000
459:Nvidia Tesla
449:
386:
368:
357:
340:
338:
307:
290:
286:
282:
281:
266:Tiānhé yīhào
260:Hanyu Pinyin
29:
1148:China Daily
950:16 November
925:16 November
417:16 November
343:) overtook
1364:Categories
1350:K computer
854:28 October
828:28 October
730:29 October
704:29 October
675:29 October
612:References
546:K computer
511:InfiniBand
429:Xeon E5450
425:Xeon E5540
401:29 October
378:Background
353:K computer
311:Number One
188:top500.org
149:) 4,701.0
125:) 1,206.2
1303:13 August
1222:12 August
1051:Tianhe-1A
903:17 August
881:13 August
560:Tianhe-1A
500:terabytes
492:Petabytes
476:megawatts
446:Tianhe-1A
421:teraflops
341:Tianhe-1A
334:petascale
309:Sky River
151:teraFLOPS
140:teraFLOPS
127:teraFLOPS
116:teraFLOPS
63:Operators
1323:Records
993:NBC News
796:. London
775:21051607
606:Tianhe-2
574:See also
465:. 2,048
393:Changsha
383:Tianhe-1
287:Tianhe-1
283:Tianhe-I
198:Tianhe-1
71:Location
55:Sponsors
1116:1389468
800:20 June
755:Bibcode
747:Science
471:LINPACK
362:-based
313:) is a
295:Chinese
184:Sources
173:Purpose
165:Ranking
79:Tianjin
1331:Jaguar
1114:
773:
542:TOP500
484:blades
461:M2050
405:TOP500
349:Jaguar
297::
101:Memory
47:Active
1112:S2CID
488:SLURM
455:X5670
415:, on
397:Hunan
360:Linux
330:China
322:FLOPS
289:, or
111:Speed
95:Linux
1305:2015
1224:2015
952:2009
927:2009
905:2015
883:2015
856:2010
830:2010
802:2011
771:PMID
732:2010
706:2009
696:and
677:2009
558:The
530:and
507:Arch
452:Xeon
345:ORNL
319:peta
299:天河一号
291:TH-1
228:天河一號
214:天河一号
157:peak
133:peak
1104:doi
763:doi
751:330
724:BBC
433:AMD
391:in
347:'s
146:max
122:max
1366::
1192:.
1146:.
1110:.
1100:26
1098:.
1068:^
999:^
935:^
847:.
819:.
792:.
769:.
761:.
749:.
722:.
644:^
513:.
502:.
395:,
366:.
328:,
306:;
301:,
285:,
136:),
81:,
77:,
1307:.
1286:.
1226:.
1118:.
1106::
954:.
929:.
907:.
885:.
858:.
832:.
804:.
777:.
765::
757::
734:.
708:.
627:.
293:(
160:)
155:R
153:(
144:R
142:(
131:R
129:(
120:R
118:(
27:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
