The advent of chiplet technology introduces cutting-edge opportunities for constructing highly heterogeneous platforms with specialized accelerators. However, the HPC community currently lacks expertise in hardware development, a gap that must be bridged to leverage these advancements. Additionally, technologies like chiplet is cutting-edge with limited educational resource available. This paper addresses potential hardware specialization direction in HPC and how to cultivate these skills among students and staff, emphasizing the importance of understanding and developing custom hardware (e.g., rapid prototyping and resource estimation). We have been mentoring graduate-level students and new staff in hardware designs in a hands-on manner, encouraging them to utilize modern open-source hardware tools for their designs, which facilitates the sharing of research ideas. Additionally, we provide a summary of theses tools as part of our approach to prototyping and mentoring.

翻译：芯粒技术的出现为构建具有专用加速器的高度异构平台带来了前沿机遇。然而，当前高性能计算社区在硬件开发方面缺乏专业知识，必须弥补这一差距才能充分利用这些技术进步。此外，芯粒等技术属于前沿领域，现有教育资源有限。本文探讨了高性能计算中潜在的硬件专业化发展方向，以及如何培养学生和工作人员的相应技能，重点强调理解与开发定制硬件（例如快速原型设计与资源评估）的重要性。我们通过实践方式指导研究生和新员工进行硬件设计，鼓励他们利用现代开源硬件工具完成设计，这有助于研究思想的共享。此外，我们总结了相关工具集，作为原型设计和指导方法的重要组成部分。