High Productivity Computing Systems(HPCS) I: 概略

[06/11/22]
High Productivity Computing Systems(HPCS) PhaseIII, 2006-11-22
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[06/11/20]
"Productive Petascale Computing", HPCwire, November 15, 2006
　http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/1099328.html

High Productivity Computing Systems and the Path Towards Usable Petascale Computing
　CTWatch Quarterly, Volume 2 Number 4A, November 2006
　http://www.ctwatch.org/quarterly/archives/november-2006/
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[06/08/25]
"HPCS Languages Move Forward : A Q&A with Rusty Lusk", HPCwire, August 25, 2006
　http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/827250.html
　"In July, Oak Ridge National Laboratory hosted an HPCS (High-Productivity Computing
　 System) Language Workshop to discuss the status of the next-generation HPC languages --
　 Chapel (Cray), X10 (IBM) and Fortress (Sun Microsystems) -- being developed by
　 the three DARPA HPCS Phase II vendors. Workshop attendees discussed design and
　 compiler/runtime implementation issues associated with the three entries as well as how
　 the language component of HPCS would evolve as Phase II of the program comes to
　 a conclusion.

　 HPCwire got the opportunity to ask Rusty Lusk, one of the HPCS Language Workshop principle
　 organizers and the Acting Division Director of the Mathematics and Computer Science Division
　 at Argonne National Laboratory, about the current state of the HPCS language effort and about
　 some of the challenges that lie ahead as the program enters Phase III."

HPCS Language Workshop
　July 12-13, 2006, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
　http://www.csm.ornl.gov/workshops/HPCS2006/index.html

Ewing ("Rusty") Lusk, Senior Computer Scientist
　Acting Division Director, Mathematics and Computer Science Division
　Argonne National Laboratory
　http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/~lusk/


HPCS Language Resources
　http://crd.lbl.gov/~parry/hpcs_resources.html
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[06/06/01]
"Hard Questions While Waiting For The HPCS Downselect", HPCwire, May 5, 2006
　http://news.taborcommunications.com/msgget.jsp?mid=645107&xsl=story.xsl
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[06/04/07]
"The Search For Next Generation Supercomputing", HPCwire, April 7, 2006
　http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/617759.html
"HPCS: The Big Picture", HPCwire, April 7, 2006
　http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/614665.html
HPCwire誌の特集、3ベンダー担当者の記事もあります(関連エントリーに紹介)。
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[06/01/08]
DARPA(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency：米国防総省高等研究計画局)
High Productivity Computing Systems (HPCS)の概略です(各社の動向と続きます)：


DARPA HPCS(High Productivity Computing Systems)は、大雑把に言ってしまうと、
2010年以降のスーパーコンピュータ(HPC) のあるべき姿を目指す、民間主導の米国
国家プロジェクトです。

全体は 3フェーズに分けられ、参加企業は徐々に絞られていきます：
　2002/07～2003/06 (Phase I): Industory Concept Study
　　Cray, HP(Compaq), IBM, SGI, SUN
　　 + MITRE, MIT Lincoln Labolatory
　2003/07～2006/06 (Phase II): Research & Development
　　Cray (Burton Smith), IBM (Mootaz Elnozahy), SUN (Jim Mitchell)
　　 + MIT Lincoln Labolatory(James Kepner)
　2006/07～2010/12(06?) (Phase III): Prototype Development
　　参加企業は 2社(予定)

特徴として、ハードウェアのみならずソフトウェアを含めた大規模システム全体での
生産性(Productivity)が重要視されていることです。参加企業は共同受託ではなく
独立していて、各企業が提案した研究課題は異なっています


DARPA High Productivity Computing Systems (HPCS)
　http://www.darpa.mil/ipto/programs/hpcs/index.htm
　http://www.highproductivity.org/


関係者による紹介プレゼンテーション資料：
　SC2005 Workshop, November 14, 2005
　　Opening Remarks
　　　 Bob Graybill, DARPA and Fred Johnson, DOE SC
　　　http://highproductivity.org/Nov05/1-HPCS%20SC2005%20Workshop%20Graybill%20Opening%20PubRel.pdf
　AHPCRC - DARPA Programming Models Conference, 12-14 September 2005
　　Keynote Speaker: "High Productivity Language Systems - The Path Forward"
　　　Robert Graybill, DARPA and Rusty Lusk, Argonne National Laboratory
　　　http://www.ahpcrc.org/conferences/PGAS/presentations/GraybillLusk_Keynote.pdf
　MITRE/MITによる Phase Iのまとめ
　　"HPCS Application Analysis and Assessment: Phase 1 Summary", April 2003
　　　http://www.mitre.org/work/tech_papers/tech_papers_03/koester_sundance/
　　　Benchmarkについて：
　　　HPCS Phase I : Kernel and Application Scope Benchmarks
　　　HPCS Phase II: Activity and Purpose Benchmarks
　　　　Activity Based Benchmark: Well Suited for Execution Measurment
　　　　Purpose Based Benchmark : Ideal for Development Measurement

SC2005 Workshop, November 14, 2005
　http://highproductivity.org/Nov2005.htm
SC2004 Workshop, November 08, 2004
　http://www.highproductivity.org/SC2004.html
　☆非一般公開
　　参考記事：
　　"DARPA'S HPCS PROGRAM TO REDEFINE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS"
　　　HPCWire, November 5, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 44
　　　http://www.taborcommunications.com/hpcwire/hpcwireWWW/04/1105/108688.html
SC2003 Workshop, November 18, 2003
　http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/SC03ProgWorkshop/


日本語の Web記事：
"米国防総省のスパコン開発プログラム第2段階に突入，
　 米IBM，米Cray，米Sunに総額1億4600万ドルの奨励金を授与", 2003年07月11日
　http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/free/ITPro/USNEWS/20030710/9/


米国スーパーコンピューティング動向については次の報告書も要チェックです：
　"Getting Up to Speed: The Future of Supercomputing". 2004
　　Susan L. Graham, Marc Snir, and Cynthia A. Patterson, Editors,
　　Committee on the Future of Supercomputing, National Research Council
　　http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11148.html
　　　"米議会、スーパーコンピューティング法案を可決", 2004/11/19
　　　　http://japan.cnet.com/news/ent/story/0,2000047623,20075964,00.htm
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関連エントリー：
High Productivity Computing Systems(HPCS) II: Cray, 2006-01-08
High Productivity Computing Systems(HPCS) III: IBM, 2006-01-08
High Productivity Computing Systems(HPCS) VI: IBM 2, 2006-04-07
High Productivity Computing Systems(HPCS) IV: Sun1, 2006-01-08
High Productivity Computing Systems(HPCS) V: Sun 2, 2006-01-08