高性能计算数值模拟框架软件研究进展

Progress in High Performance Computing Numerical Simulation Framework Software

【背景】本世纪我国超级计算机得到迅速发展,为降低面向超级计算机并行编程难度,高性能编程框架已经成为高性能计算的研究方向之一。【方法】本文简要介绍了高性能数值模拟编程框架的研究目的,主要关注国内外结构网格和非结构网格编程框架的发展现状。【结论】面向E级计算机即将到来,框架软件的发展也需针对E级计算机的体系结构特征,调整底层数据结构和核心算法,提升并行可扩展性,增强对异构众核计算的支持,使其能具备支撑开发E级并行计算应用软件的能力。同时也需要结合领域专家的需求,不断拓展新领域新方向,针对新问题开发新的功能模块,以便应用到更多的科学计算领域。

[Context]With the rapid development of high performance computers and the increasing requirement for reducing the difficulty of parallel programming,developing high performance programming frameworks for supercomputers has become one of the research directions in high-performance computing.[Methods]This article briefly introduces the motivation of developing a high-performance programming framework for numerical simulation,mainly focusing on the current status of the programming frameworks for structured mesh and unstructured mesh.[Conclusions]With the advent of the exascale computers,the programming framework software also needs to adjust the underlying data structure and core algorithms according to the architecture characteristics of the exascale computers,improving its scalability,and enhancing supports for heterogeneous computing.At the same time,it is necessary to explore new areas and new directions based on the needs of domain experts.and to develop new modules applied to more scientific computing fields.