CFETR integration design platform: overview and recent progress

The design of the China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR) involves a complex system structure and intricate constraints, and the design work will be performed by a great number of geographically distributed groups. To support consistent design work effectively, the CFETR Integration Design Platform (CIDP) is being developed [IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 45 (2017) 512; Fusion Eng. Des. 123 (2017) 87]. CIDP is envisioned as a design center, where all design work can be performed and related design data and documents can be managed. The functions of CIDP are realized by hardware supporting a GPU-based design cloud and three software systems, which are a data management system for data and document management, a task management system for coordinating the design work and an integrated design framework to provide the unified environment for the implementation of detailed design work. The architecture and the detailed implementation of CIDP are given in this article.