高效能運算的實現技術 是由出版商BCC Research在2007年10月所出版的。
這份英文市場調查報告書包含141 pages; 19 tables 價格從美金4850起跳。
擁有30年以上豐富經驗,且因提供高品質的市場調查報告聞名的美國市調公司 BCC Research (總公司:Connecticut state),針對汽車感測器技術及其全球市場進行調查分析及預測,並出版報告書 "Enabling Technologies for High-Performance Computing" 。
本報告書內容包括:HPC 的實現技術,特別是微處理、系統記憶體、相互連線、資料・儲存、溫度管理、軟體調查、技術解説、產品、中短期的市場機會、未來5年市場發展因素分析、專利分析、市場中企業介紹等。內容綱要摘記如下:
第1章 實施概要
第2章 概要
- 定義
- HPC 的歷史
- HPC 的結構
- HPC 的用途
- HPC 的市場
- HPC 的實現技術
第3章 HPC 處理技術
- 介紹
- HPC 處理性能
- 要求事項/條件
- 技術現況與未來
- 供應企業
- 專利分析
- 市場
第4章 HPC 記憶體技術
- 介紹
- HPC 記憶體的性能
- 要求事項/條件
- 技術現況與未來
- 供應企業
- 專利分析
- 市場
第5章 HPC 相互連線技術
- 介紹
- HPC 相互連接的性能要件
- 技術現況與未來
- 專利分析
- 市場
第6章 儲存技術
- 介紹
- 針對HPC 儲存的要求事項/性能條件
- 技術
- 供應企業
- 專利分析
- 市場
第7章 溫度管理
- 介紹
- 溫度管理的性能
- 要求事項/性能條件
- 技術現況與未來
- 供應企業
- 專利分析
- 市場
第8章 HPC 軟體
- 介紹
- HPC 軟體的性能
- 要求事項/性能條件
- 技術現況與未來
- 開發企業及銷售企業
- 專利
- 市場
第9章 企業介紹
Abstract
INTRODUCTION
High-performance computing (HPC) refers to the use of parallel supercomputers
and computer clusters-that is, computing systems comprised of multiple
(usually mass-produced) processors linked together in a single system whose
performance is typically rated in the teraflop (TFLOP) and higher range. This
report focuses on HPC enabling technologies, specifically microprocessors,
system memory, interconnects, data storage, thermal management, and software.
There are several reasons for this report' s focus on enabling technologies,
including the fact that the market for HPC systems per se is already the
subject of continuing coverage from other IT analyst firms. On a more
substantive level, it is on the level of enabling technologies that
developments are taking place with the potential to broaden the market for HPC.
In particular, enabling technologies play an important role in broadening the
market for HPC. Because of the complexity of HPC hardware and software, HPC
until recently has been more or less limited to university engineering and
research departments and specialized vertical markets such as oil and gas
exploration, bioscience, and financial research.
Today, a growing number of enterprises are taking advantage of the affordable
computing power of clustered standards-based servers running commodity
processors to assemble and manage smaller-scale HPC systems on their own. As
these pioneers prove the business case for do-it-yourself, in-house HPC in
enterprise settings, in-house HPC will become an increasingly important driver
of the overall HPC market.
SCOPE OF STUDY
This report contains:
- Descriptions of enabling technologies and products for HPC
(microprocessors, system memory, interconnects, data storage, thermal
management, and software) with the greatest commercial potential in the near
to mid-term (2007-2012)
- Analysis of the key drivers that will shape the market for HPC enabling
technologies over the next 5 years
- Estimates of the current and future demand for HPC technologies and
products
- A patent analysis and company profiles of developers and vendors.
METHODOLOGY AND INFORMATION SOURCES
The findings and conclusions of this report are based on information gathered
from industry sources, including vendors and users of HPC products. Interview
data were combined with information gathered through an extensive review of
secondary sources such as trade publications, trade associations, company
literature, and online databases to produce the market projections contained
in this report.
Analytical methodologies used to generate the market estimates are described
in detail in the section on Detailed Market Projections. The documentation is
intended to enable the reader to evaluate the projections and, if desired,
substitute alternative assumptions.
All dollar projections presented in this report are in 2005 constant dollars,
unless otherwise noted.
Table of Contents
- Enabling Technologies for High-Performance Computing
- Chapter 1 - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Summary Table: GLOBAL MARKET PROJECTIONS FOR KEY HPC TECHNOLOGIES,
THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Summary Figure: PROJECTED TRENDS IN KEY HPC HARDWARE GLOBAL MARKET
SHARES, 2006 AND 2012 (% OF TOTAL HARDWARE SALES)
- Chapter 2 - OVERVIEW
- DEFINITIONS
- SCOPE OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
- Measuring HPC Performance
- LINPACK
- NAS Parallel Benchmarks
- HPC Challenge Benchmarks
- SUPERCOMPUTERS: A SUBSET OF HPC
- HPC VS HIGH-PERFORMANCE TECHNICAL COMPUTING
- HPC VS HIGH THROUGHPUT COMPUTING
- Table 1 HPC VS. HTC
- Table 2 MAJOR HPC MILESTONES
- Table 2 (CONTINUED)
- HPC ARCHITECTURES
- VECTOR PROCESSING
- PARALLEL PROCESSING
- Symmetric Multiprocessing
- Massively Parallel Processing
- Clustering
- Beowulf Clusters
- Constellations
- Grid Computing
- SPECIALLY DESIGNED SYSTEMS
- HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING APPLICATIONS
- MARKET FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS
- MARKET SIZE AND GROWTH TRENDS
- Table 3 GLOBAL MARKET PROJECTION FOR HPC SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE, THROUGH
2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 1 PROJECTED TRENDS IN THE GLOBAL HPC SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE MARKET,
2006-2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 4 GLOBAL HPC HARDWARE SALES PROJECTIONS BY TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE,
THROUGH 2012* ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 2GLOBAL MARKET PROJECTIONS FOR HPC ARCHITECTURE BY SEGMENT,
2006-2012 (% OF TOTAL HPC EXPENDITURES)
- Operating System Segments
- Figure 3 TOP 500 SUPERCOMPUTERS BY OPERATING SYSTEMS (% OF TOP 500
SUPERCOMPUTERS)
- Figure 3 (CONTINUED)
- Figure 4 HPC END-USER SEGMENTS, 2006 (% OF TOTAL EXPENDITURES)
- Figure 4 (CONTINUED)
- Figure 5 HPC VENDOR MARKET SEGMENTS, 2006 (% OF TOTAL EXPENDITURES)
- Figure 5 (CONTINUED)
- Figure 6 HPC GEOGRAPHICAL MARKET SEGMENTS, 2006 (% OF TOP 500
SUPERCOMPUTER SITES)
- Figure 6 (CONTINUED)
- ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR HPC
- KEY ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES
- High-performance Microprocessors
- Memory
- Storage
- Interconnects
- Thermal Management
- Software
- MARKET FOR KEY HPC ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES
- Table 5 GLOBAL MARKET PROJECTIONS FOR KEY HPC ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES,
THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 7GLOBAL MARKET TREND PROJECTIONS FOR KEY HPC ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES,
2006-2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- HPC Hardware
- Table 6 GLOBAL MARKET PROJECTIONS FOR KEY HPC ENABLING HARDWARE
TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 8 GLOBAL MARKET SHARE PROJECTIONS FOR KEY HPC ENABLING HARDWARE
TECHNOLOGIES, 2006-2012 (% OF TOTAL HPC ENABLING HARDWARE MARKET)
- Chapter 3 - HPC PROCESSOR TECHNOLOGIES
- INTRODUCTION
- HPC PROCESSOR PERFORMANCE EQUIREMENTS/PARAMETERS
- FLOATING POINT PERFORMANCE
- MEMORY PERFORMANCE
- SCALABILITY
- POWER CONSUMPTION
- CURRENT/ FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES
- VECTOR PROCESSORS
- Cray X1E Multi-Streaming Processor
- NEC-SX-8
- RISC PROCESSORS
- PA-RISC
- DEC Alpha
- MIPS
- SPARC
- POWER Processors
- COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF PROCESSORS
- INTEL
- NEW TECHNOLOGIES
- Cell
- FGPAs
- Processing in Memory
- Heterogeneous Processing
- Co-Processors
- GPU Co-Processors
- CPU and GPU on the Same Chip
- GPU Co-Processor and CPU Chip Directly Connected
- GPU Co-Processor Bus-Connected with CPU
- Cell Processor as Co-Processor
- Other Types of HPC Co-Processors
- SUPPLIERS
- Table 7 HPC PROCESSOR AND COPROCESSOR SUPPLIERS
- Figure 9 HPC PROCESSOR GLOBAL MARKET SHARES, 2006 (%)
- Figure 10 U.S. HPC PROCESSOR PATENTS BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY (% OF PATENTS
ISSUED THROUGH JULY 15, 2007)
- Figure 11 U.S. HPC PROCESSOR PATENTS BY ASSIGNEE (% OF PATENTS ISSUED
THROUGH JULY 15, 2007)
- Table 8 GLOBAL HPC PROCESSOR MARKET PROJECTIONS, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 12 HPC PROCESSOR MARKET SEGMENTATION, 2006 (%)
- Figure 13GLOBAL HPC PROCESSOR MARKET SHARE PROJECTIONS, 2006-2012 (% OF
TOTAL HPC PROCESSOR SALES)
- Chapter 4 - HPC MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES
- INTRODUCTION
- HPC MEMORY PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS/PARAMETERS
- LATENCY
- BANDWIDTH
- POWER CONSUMPTION
- HEAT OUTPUT
- CURRENT/ FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES
- HPC MEMORY ARCHITECTURES
- Shared Memory
- Distributed Shared Memory
- TYPES OF RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY USED IN HPC
- SDRAM
- RDRAM
- DDR-SDRAM
- Future Developments in RAM Technology with Potential HPC Applications
- Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory
- Nanoscale Random Access Memory
- SUPPLIERS
- Table 9 DRAM SUPPLIERS
- Figure 14 U.S. PATENTS RELATING TO SELECTED RAM TECHNOLOGIES (% OF PATENTS
ISSUED SINCE 1975)
- Figure 15 U.S. RAM PATENT HOLDERS (% OF TOTAL)
- Table 10 GLOBAL HPC RAM MARKET PROJECTIONS, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Chapter 5 - HPC INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGIES
- HPC INTERCONNECT PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS
- BANDWIDTH AND LATENCY
- SCALABILITY
- RELIABILITY
- PRICE/PERFORMANCE
- CURRENT AND FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES
- SHARED BUS ARCHITECTURES
- SWITCHED FABRIC ARCHITECTURES
- Fibre Channel
- Myrinet
- QsNet
- InfiniBand
- Other Interconnect Technologies
- SUPPLIERS
- Table 11 INTERCONNECT SUPPLIERS
- Figure 16 U.S. PATENTS RELATING TO HPC INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGIES (% OF
PATENTS ISSUED SINCE 1975)
- Figure 17 U.S. HPC INTERCONNECT PATENT HOLDERS (% OF ALL U.S. RAM PATENTS)
- Figure 18 HPC INTERCONNECT MARKET SEGMENTS, 2006 (% OF TOTAL INTERCONNECT
SALES)
- Table 12GLOBAL HPC INTERCONNECT SALES PROJECTIONS, THROUGH 2012 ($
MILLIONS)
- Figure 19 GLOBAL HPC INTERCONNECT SALES TRENDS PROJECTIONS, 2006-2012 ($
MILLIONS)
- Chapter 6 - STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES
- INTRODUCTION
- HPC STORAGE REQUIREMENTS/PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS
- TRANSPARENT DATA ACCESS
- COLLABORATIVE DATA ACCESS
- SEAMLESS INTEGRATION
- RESILIENCY AND AVAILABILITY
- CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT
- QUALITY OF SERVICE
- INTEGRATED DATA SERVICES
- TECHNOLOGIES
- STORAGE ARCHITECTURES
- Local Storage
- Network Storage
- STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE
- Controllers, Switches, and Other Interface Devices
- NAS Devices
- Fibre Channel Devices
- ISCSI Hardware
- Storage Media
- Raid Drives
- RAID Implementations
- Controllers and Interfaces
- Developments in Storage Technologies
- Figure 20 INCREASE IN HARD DISK DRIVE AREAL DENSITY OVER TIME
- Perpendicular Recording
- Holographic Storage
- Read-Write Heads
- Read-Write Head Technology Trends
- SUPPLIERS
- Table 13 SUPPLIERS OF DATA STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MEDIA FOR HPC
- Table 13 (CONTINUED)
- Figure 21 HPC STORAGE-RELATED PATENTS BY TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE (% OF ALL
HPC STORAGE-RELATED PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH JULY 1, 2007)
- Figure 21 (CONTINUED)
- Figure 22 HPC STORAGE-RELATED PATENTS BY ASSIGNEE(% OF ALL HPC
STORAGE-RELATED PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH JULY 1, 2007)
- Figure 22 (CONTINUED)
- Figure 23 HPC STORAGE MARKET PRODUCT SEGMENTS, 2006(% OF TOTAL SALES)
- Table 14 GLOBAL HPC STORAGE MARKET PROJECTIONS, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 24 TRENDS IN HPC STORAGE GLOBAL MARKET, 2006-2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 15 GLOBAL HPC HARD DISK DRIVE MARKET PROJECTIONS BY TYPE OF
TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 25 GLOBAL HPC HARD DISK DRIVE TECHNOLOGY MARKET PROJECTIONS BY
SEGMENT, 2006-2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Chapter 7 - THERMAL MANAGEMENT
- Figure 26 MAJOR CAUSES OF ELECTRONIC FAILURE (% OF OCCURRENCES)
- THERMAL MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS/ PARAMETERS
- THERMAL TOLERANCES
- THERMAL PERFORMANCE
- HOT SPOTS
- RELIABILITY
- NOISE LEVELS
- CURRENT/ FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES
- LIQUID COOLING
- Closed vs. Open Loop Airflow Systems
- Water-Chilled Doors
- SprayCool
- Non-Water Liquid Cooling Systems
- Chip-Based Cooling Systems
- Other Liquid Cooling Technologies
- FORCED AIR COOLING
- HEAT SINKS
- THERMOELECTRIC COOLERS
- SUPPLIERS
- Table 16 SUPPLIERS OF THERMAL MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR HPC
- Figure 27 U.S. THERMAL MANAGEMENT PATENTS WITH HPC APPLICATIONS BY TYPE OF
TECHNOLOGY (% OF HPC THERMAL MANAGEMENT PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH 7/1/2007)
- Figure 28 U.S. THERMAL MANAGEMENT PATENTS WITH HPC APPLICATIONS BY
ASSIGNEE (% OF HPC THERMAL MANAGEMENT PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH 7/1/2007)
- Figure 29 HPC COOLING HARDWARE MARKET SHARES BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2006
(% OF TOTAL HPC THERMAL MANAGEMENT HARDWARE SALES)
- Table 17 GLOBAL HPC COOLING HARDWARE MARKET PROJECTIONS, THROUGH 2012 ($
MILLIONS)
- Figure 30 GLOBAL HPC COOLING HARDWARE MARKET SHARE PROJECTIONS, 2006-2012
(% OF TOTAL HPC COOLING HARDWARE SALES)
- Chapter 8 - HPC SOFTWARE
- INTRODUCTION
- HPC SOFTWARE PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS/PARAMETERS
- SCALABILITY
- PORTABILITY
- RELIABILITY
- SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY
- CURRENT/ FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES
- PARALLEL APPLICATIONS
- Figure 31 NUMBER OF PROCESSORS USED BY TYPICAL HPC APPLICATONS FOR SINGLE
JOBS
- PARALLEL PROGRAMMING
- Open MP
- Message Passing Interface
- Hybrid OpenMP-MPI
- DEBUGGING
- HPC Software Debuggers
- Memory Debuggers
- DEVELOPERS/ VENDORS
- Table 18 HPC SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS AND VENDORS
- Figure 32 U.S. PARALLEL SOFTWARE AND PARALLEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PATENTS
BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY (% OF TOTAL PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH 7/1/2007)
- Figure 33 U.S. PARALLEL SOFTWARE AND PARALLEL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PATENTS
BY ASSIGNEE (% OF ALL PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH 7/1/2007)
- Figure 34 HPC SOFTWARE SOURCES (% OF HPC APPLICATIONS DEVELOPED)
- Table 19GLOBAL COMMERCIAL HPC SOFTWARE SALE PROJECTIONS, THROUGH 2012 ($
MILLIONS)
- Figure 35 PROJECTED TRENDS IN GLOBAL COMMERCIAL HPC SOFTWARE SALES,
2006-2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Chapter 9 - COMPANY PROFILES
- ABSOFT CORP.
- ACUSIM SOFTWARE, INC.
- ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES
- AGEIA
- ALLINEA SOFTWARE
- ALTAIR ENGINEERING, INC.
- ALTERA CORP.
- BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
- BULL RUE JEAN JAURÈS
- CELOXICA, LTD.
- CLEARSPEED TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- COLOSSAL STORAGE CORP.
- COMPUTATIONAL ENGINEERING INT' L
- CRAY, INC.
- CROSSWALK, INC.
- DATA DIRECT NETWORKS, INC.
- DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP.
- DRC COMPUTER CORP.
- ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
- EVERGRID, INC.
- EXANET, LTD.
- EMC CORP.
- FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- FUJITSU, LTD.
- HEWLETT PACKARD CO.
- HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS CORP.
- HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP.
- INTEL CORP.
- ISILON SYSTEMS, INC.
- KNÜRR AG
- LIEBERT CORP.
- MAPLESOFT
- THE MATHWORKS
- MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
- MERCURY COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.
- MIPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- MITRIONICS AB
- MYRICOM, INC.
- NANTERO, INC.
- NEC CORP.
- NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.
- NVIDIA CORP.
- PANASAS, INC.
- PEAKSTREAM, INC.
- THE PORTLAND GROUP, INC.
- QLOGIC CORP.
- QUADRICS, LTD.
- RAMBUS, INC.
- RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- SCALI, INC.
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC
- SILICON GRAPHICS, INC.
- SPRAYCOOL, INC.
- SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
- THERMACORE
- TOSHIBA CORP.
- TOTALVIEW TECHNOLOGIES
- VOLTAIRE, INC.
- XIRANET GMBH
- XTREMEDATA, INC.
- XYRATEX TECHNOLOGY, LTD.
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