Electronics and Telecommunications Trends SC20를 통해 본 HPC 기술 동향 HPC Technology Through SC20 어익수 (I.S. Eo,
[email protected]) 슈퍼컴퓨팅기술연구센터 책임연구원 모희숙 (H.S. Mo,
[email protected]) 슈퍼컴퓨팅기술연구센터 책임연구원 박유미 (Y.M. Park,
[email protected]) 슈퍼컴퓨팅기술연구센터 책임연구원/센터장 한우종 (W.J. Han,
[email protected]) 인공지능연구소 책임연구원/연구위원 ABSTRACT High-performance computing (HPC) is the underpinning for many of today’s most exciting new research areas, to name a few, from big science to new ways of fighting the disease, to artificial intelligence (AI), to big data analytics, to quantum computing. This report captures the summary of a 9-day program of presentations, keynotes, and workshops at the SC20 conference, one of the most prominent events on sharing ideas and results in HPC technology R&D. Because of the exceptional situation caused by COVID-19, the conference was held entirely online from 11/9 to 11/19 2020, and interestingly caught more attention on using HPC to make a breakthrough in the area of vaccine and cure for COVID-19. The program brought together 103 papers from 21 countries, along with 163 presentations in 24 workshop sessions. The event has covered several key areas in HPC technology, including new memory hierarchy and interconnects for different accelerators, evaluation of parallel programming models, as well as simulation and modeling in traditional science applications. Notably, there was increasing interest in AI and Big Data analytics as well. With this summary of the recent HPC trend readers may find useful information to guide the R&D directions for challenging new technologies and applications in the area of HPC.