The TianHe-1A Supercomputer: Its Hardware and Software

摘要: This paper presents an overview of TianHe-1A (TH-1A) supercomputer, which is built by National University Defense Technology China (NUDT). TH-1A adopts a hybrid architecture integrating CPUs and GPUs, its interconnect network proprietary high-speed communication network. The theoretical peak performance 4700 TFlops, LINPACK test result 2566 TFlops. It was ranked the No. 1 on TOP500 List released in November, 2010. now deployed Supercomputer Center Tianjin provides high computing services. has played important role many applications, such as oil exploration, weather forecast, bio-medical research.