High performance computing systems : performance modeling, benchmarking, and simulation : 5th International Workshop, PMBS 2014, New Orleans, LA, USA, November 16, 2014. Revised selected papers /: performance modeling, benchmarking, and simulation : 5th International Workshop, PMBS 2014, New Orleans, LA, USA, November 16, 2014. Revised selected papers. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: PMBS 2014
• Further Information: Note: Stephen A. Jarvis, Steven A. Wright, Simon D. Hammond (eds.).
• Editors: Jarvis, Stephen A, 1970-; (Research fellow), Wright, Steven A; Hammond, Simon (Simon David)
• Other Names: PMBS (Workshop), 5th
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Organization; Contents; Section A: Performance Benchmarking and Optimisation; Algebraic Multigrid on a Dragonfly Network: First Experiences on a Cray XC30; 1 Introduction; 2 Dragonfly Networks; 2.1 Implementation on the Cray XC30; 2.2 Target System; 3 Algebraic Multigrid; 4 Performance Model; 4.1 Model Specifics; 4.2 Adaptation to Dragonfly Networks; 5 Model Validation; 5.1 Experimental Setup; 5.2 Results; 6 Model-Guided Performance Improvements; 6.1 Approach; 6.2 Redistribution Experiments; 7 Conclusions; References; Performance Evaluation of Scientific Applications on POWER8 1 Introduction2 Related Work; 3 Methodology; 3.1 Hardware Counters; 3.2 Performance Metrics; 3.3 Porting and Tuning; 4 Micro-benchmark Results; 4.1 Instruction Throughput and Latency; 4.2 Memory Sub-system (STREAM); 4.3 OpenMP Overheads; 5 Application Performance Results; 5.1 Lattice Boltzmann Performance Results; 5.2 MAFIA Performance Results; 5.3 NEST Performance Results; 6 Summary and Conclusions; References; SPEC ACCEL: A Standard Application Suite for Measuring Hardware Accelerator Performance; 1 Introduction; 2 Related Work; 3 Design and Principles of SPEC ACCEL 3.1 Benchmark Philosophy and General Design3.2 Run Rules; 4 Description of the Applications; 4.1 SPEC ACCEL OCL Suite; 4.2 SPEC ACCEL ACC Suite; 5 Energy Awareness; 6 Discussion of First Results; 7 Summary and Future Work; References; A CUDA Implementation of the High Performance Conjugate Gradient Benchmark; 1 Introduction; 2 GPU Computing and CUDA; 3 HPCG; 3.1 The PCG Algorithm; 3.2 Preconditioner; 3.3 Selecting Node Count; 4 CUDA Implementation; 4.1 Baseline CUSPARSE; 4.2 Reordering with Graph Coloring; 4.3 Custom Kernels CSR Version; 4.4 Optimized Version; 5 Results 5.1 Comparison of Different Versions5.2 Single Node Results; 5.3 Multi Node Results; 5.4 Comparisons; 6 Conclusion and Future Plans; References; Performance Analysis of a High-Level Abstractions-Based Hydrocode on Future Computing Systems; 1 Introduction; 2 OPS; 2.1 The OPS API; 2.2 Porting CloverLeaf to OPS; 3 Performance; 4 Related Work; 5 Conclusions; References; Section B: Performance Analysis and Prediction; Insight into Application Performance Using Application-Dependent Characteristics; 1 Introduction; 2 Methodology and Characteristics; 2.1 General Characteristics 2.2 Memory Characteristics2.3 Selection and Comparison of Benchmarks; 3 Experimental Setup; 4 Results; 5 Related Work; 6 Conclusions and Future Work; References; Roofline Model Toolkit: A Practical Tool for Architectural and Program Analysis; 1 Introduction; 2 Related Work; 3 Experimental Setup; 3.1 Architectural Platforms; 3.2 Programming Model and Compilation; 3.3 Benchmark Execution; 4 Memory and Cache Bandwidth; 4.1 Bandwidth Code; 4.2 Bandwidth Result; 5 Floating-Point Compute Capability; 5.1 Reference Roofline Floating-Point Benchmark
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 276 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 004.1/1; Computer science; High performance computing -- Congresses; High performance computing; Engineering & Applied Sciences; Computer Science; Computers -- Information Technology; Computers -- Computer Simulation; Systems analysis & design; Computer modelling & simulation; Computer system performance; Computer network architectures; Computer simulation; Computers -- Hardware -- Handheld Devices; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319172484; 3319172484; 3319172476; 9783319172477
• Related ISBNs: 9783319172477
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 28, 2015).
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