Chinas High-tech R&D Programme: R&D in HPC and Grid Technologies
Chunheng WangInformation Technology & SpaceMOST, ChinaSino-EU Workshop on Cooperation in HPC & GridBeijing, China, Oct. 28, 2008

863Chinas 863 Program
1986321 863 Programme was proposed by 4 senior Scientists and approved by Mr. Deng Xiaoping in March 1986, 22 years history One of the most important national science and technology research programmes863 Current one is the 863 programme in the 11th five-year plan

863 Principles of the 863 programme
Solving grand challenges & key technological problems faced by nations development510 Emphasizing innovative, frontier and foreseeing research, oriented to 5-10 years ahead Encourage cooperation between industrial, educational and research organizations, speeding up technology transfer, supporting development of nations industry

863Brief introduction to 863 IT Area
86310 Information Technology (IT) is one of 10 areas of the 863 programme863 863 Programme consists of two tracks: thematic and project Thematic programme focuses on longer-term technologies, project programme is more mission-oriented and addresses strategic technologies Different levels of projects Thematicexploration-oriented and object-oriented Projectsmajor and key projects4 IT area consists of 4 themes Advanced computing Network and communication Virtual reality Information security

863Brief introduction to 863 IT Area
Some major projects Chinese language processing Low cost computers Development environment of high dependable software Some key projects High productivity computer and grid service environment High end fault-tolerant servers

863863 Programme has had great effort in high performance computing, Grid technology and infrastructure, service & software in the past years

863863 efforts on HPCs
Dawning high performance computers1993:1SMP Dawning 1, 640MIPS, SMP1995: 1000 MPP Dawning 1000, 2.5GFlops, MPP1996: 1000A Dawning 1000A, cluster system1998: 2000Dawning 2000, 100GFlops, cluster2000: 3000Dawning 3000, 400GFlops, cluster2004: 4000ADawning 4000A, 11.2TFlops, 10th in TOP500 in June 2004 Lenovo high performance computers2003:6800Lenovo DeepComp 6800, 5.324TFlops, 14th in TOP500 in Nov. 20032004T200004Inspur high-end enterprise servers T20000, up to 4TFlops

Growing HPC applications
Applications from traditional areas (weather forecast, petro exploration) to much wider range of applications Bioinformatics Drug discovery Computational chemistry New materials Environment Manufacturing Simulation

863863 key projects in HPC
1999-2000: 1999-2000: National High Performance Computing Environment (NHPCE)2002-2005 2002-present: High Performance Computer and Core Software Established CNGrid8 8 sites18 computing power 18TFlops200TB >200TB storage

Key project High Performance computer and Grid service environment
follow up the national mid&long term S&T development plan2006-2010 Period: 2006-20106.4 Government funding: 640 million RMB Continuation of the former key project High performance computer and core software

Objectives of the key project
Developing PetaFlops high productivity computer Breakthrough in key grid technologies such as resource sharing, cooperative work, and virtualization, building up the China National Grid10-12 10-12 Grid sites300 300TFlops aggregative computing power1PB >1PB storage

Developing a set of grid software, supporting operation of the environment and the applications Developing grid and HPC applications Resource & environment, research, manufacturing, services

Task: High productivity computer
Two-phase implementation2008 Two 100TF systems by the end of 2008 Developing 1PF system according to the application requirement

Task: High productivity computer
Installed in CNGrid, providing solutions to grand challenges and industrial applications Development of key HPC technologies Promoting Chinas HPC industry

Task: Grid software
Developing grid software supporting resource sharing and cooperative work Progress in key technologies services virtualization grid workflow and cooperative work data grid grid security grid management Deployment in CNGrid

Task: Grid service environment
Continuous extension of CNGrid812 Increase sites from 8 to 1010 currently 10 sites Significant upgrading of resources300TF computing power, 1PB storage Improving environment management strengthen CNGrid Operation center set up regulations Making CNGrid an infrastructure supporting various applications

Task: Grid applications
Developing key applications in important areas weather forecasting, scientific data grid, railway information system, new drug discovery, computational chemistry, astronomy, water resources, Chinese medicine Demo of the technologies achieving productive operation Exploration of new approach of informatization

Challenges
Grid infrastructureInteroperability & interoperation with major Grids in the world Grid software Technological innovation Mature and robust software system Grid applications Supporting different domain applications Grid standards Need international collaborative effort Need cooperation between academia and industry

International cooperation
FP6 Chinese scientists have participated in a series of EU FP6 projectsEUChinaGRIDEchoGRIDBRIDGEOMII-EuropeXtreeOSGridCompEC-GINBEinGRIDGrediaGrid@Asiae-Science Cooperation with UK e-ScienceMoU Ministerial level MoU Program level MoU Cooperation with USGlobus MoU with the Globus team

International cooperation
Continuously encourage Chinese scientists to participate in research of EU FP7 projectsLook for government level coordination between China and EU, identify research direction with mutual interests, jointly support research workWilling to strengthen cooperative relationship with EC Information Society & Media Directorate-General

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