Abstract
Approaches to supercomputer architecture have taken dramatic turns since the earliest supercomputer systems were introduced in the 1960s. Massively Parallel Processor keeps losing its rank in the fastest computer list. Cluster’s rank and share in the TOP500 list has been steadily rising at a tremendous speed. Perspectives are given on how supercomputers have evolved thru time. The architectures are presented in chronological order. And finally, the trend of current supercomputer architecture design is analyzed.
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This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 61202334 and No. 61103014, the National Research Foundation for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China under Grant No.20134307120031, and the National High Technology Development 863 Program of China under Grant No. 2013AA01A208.
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Li, B., Lu, P. (2016). The Evolution of Supercomputer Architecture: A Historical Perspective. In: Xu, W., Xiao, L., Li, J., Zhang, C. (eds) Computer Engineering and Technology. NCCET 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 592. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49283-3_14
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