TY - JOUR
T1 - Heterogeneous high throughput scientific computing with APM X-gene and Intel Xeon Phi
AU - Abdurachmanov, David
AU - Bockelman, Brian
AU - Elmer, Peter
AU - Eulisse, Giulio
AU - Knight, Robert
AU - Muzaffar, Shahzad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
PY - 2015/5/22
Y1 - 2015/5/22
N2 - Electrical power requirements will be a constraint on the future growth of Distributed High Throughput Computing (DHTC) as used by High Energy Physics. Performance-per-watt is a critical metric for the evaluation of computer architectures for cost- efficient computing. Additionally, future performance growth will come from heterogeneous, many-core, and high computing density platforms with specialized processors. In this paper, we examine the Intel Xeon Phi Many Integrated Cores (MIC) co-processor and Applied Micro X-Gene ARMv8 64-bit low-power server system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for scientific computing applications. We report our experience on software porting, performance and energy efficiency and evaluate the potential for use of such technologies in the context of distributed computing systems such as the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG).
AB - Electrical power requirements will be a constraint on the future growth of Distributed High Throughput Computing (DHTC) as used by High Energy Physics. Performance-per-watt is a critical metric for the evaluation of computer architectures for cost- efficient computing. Additionally, future performance growth will come from heterogeneous, many-core, and high computing density platforms with specialized processors. In this paper, we examine the Intel Xeon Phi Many Integrated Cores (MIC) co-processor and Applied Micro X-Gene ARMv8 64-bit low-power server system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for scientific computing applications. We report our experience on software porting, performance and energy efficiency and evaluate the potential for use of such technologies in the context of distributed computing systems such as the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG).
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U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/608/1/012033
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/608/1/012033
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84937900206
SN - 1742-6588
VL - 608
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
IS - 1
M1 - 012033
T2 - 16th International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research: Bridging Disciplines, ACAT 2014
Y2 - 1 September 2014 through 5 September 2014
ER -