FAILURE DETECTION IN HIGH-PERFORMANCE CLUSTERS AND COMPUTERS USING CHAOTIC MAP COMPUTATIONS

摘要

A programmable media includes a processing unit capable of independent operation in a machine that is capable of executing 1018 floating point operations per second. The processing unit is in communication with a memory element and an interconnect that couples computing nodes. The programmable media includes a logical unit configured to execute arithmetic functions, comparative functions, and/or logical functions. The processing unit is configured to detect computing component failures, memory element failures and/or interconnect failures by executing programming threads that generate one or more chaotic map trajectories. The central processing unit or graphical processing unit is configured to detect a computing component failure, memory element failure and/or an interconnect failure through an automated comparison of signal trajectories generated by the chaotic maps.

主权项

1. A failure detection system comprising:
an exascale machine comprising a supercomputer or a cluster capable of executing at least one exaFLOPS; a plurality of processors that comprise part of the exasacle machine programmed to execute a programming thread that generates one or more chaotic map trajectories; where at least one of the plurality of processors is further programmed to detect a component failure through an automated comparison of signal trajectories generated by a plurality of chaotic maps.