面向大规模智能计算的集合通信与在网计算研究综述OA
Review on collective communication and in-network computing for large-scale AI computing
近年来,以大模型为代表的人工智能技术迅猛发展,然而加速器算力与网络带宽增速的严重不匹配导致大规模智能计算面临严峻的"通信墙"挑战,此外,AI特有的巨流特征与传统网络协议存在深层失配,传统的单节点算力堆叠已无法维系系统的线性扩展.鉴于此,大规模智算引入集合通信机制,将可预测的数据交互与物理拓扑进行亲和性设计,实现端到端带宽利用率的理论最优.但是在面对海量高频的同步需求时,传统的基于端侧的集合通信会受限于网络设备的被动转发开销,因此集合通信迫切需要在网计算技术的底层物理加速支持.系统综述了过去10年面向大规模智能计算的集合通信和在网计算的发展历程,指出未来智能计算将向内存中心化架构、全光互连网络以及超以太网联盟标准演进,计算与网络将进一步融合,构建起支撑通用人工智能时代的核心基石.
In recent years,artificial intelligence,represented by large-scale models,has developed rapidly.However,the severe mismatch between the growth rates of accelerator computing power and network bandwidth has confronted large-scale AI computing with a formidable"communication wall"challenge.Furthermore,the inherent heavy-flow characteristics of AI workloads exhibit a deep-seated discrepancy with traditional network protocols,rendering conventional single-node power stacking inca-pable of maintaining linear system scalability.In response,collective communication mechanisms have been introduced to align predictable data interactions with physical topologies,aiming for theoretically optimal end-to-end bandwidth utilization.Nevertheless,when confronted with massive and frequent syn-chronization demands,traditional host-based collective communication is often constrained by the passive forwarding overhead of network devices.Consequently,collective communication urgently requires un-derlying hardware acceleration support from in-network computing technologies.This paper systemati-cally reviews the evolution over the past decade of collective communication and in-network computing for large-scale AI computing.It concludes that future AI computing will evolve toward memory-centric architectures,all-optical interconnect networks,and ultra Ethernet consortium standards,where the deep integration of computing and networking will serve as the cornerstone of the artificial general intelligence era.
袁郭苑;于恩达;董德尊
国防科技大学计算机学院,湖南 长沙 410073国防科技大学计算机学院,湖南 长沙 410073国防科技大学计算机学院,湖南 长沙 410073
信息技术与安全科学
集合通信在网计算大规模智能计算通信协议
collective communicationin-network computinglarge-scale AI computingcommunica-tion protocol
《计算机工程与科学》 2026 (8)
1331-1343,13
国家自然科学基金(U24B20151)
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