Platforms at HLRS March 29-30, 2010, HLRS, Stuttgart A special 2-day course on NEC SX-9 usage details, vectorization, parallel filesystem usage and code optimization https://fs.hlrs.de/projects/par/events/2010/parallel_prog_2010/D.html Monday, March 29, 2010 Overview on HLRS Platforms -- Access, Usage and Programming 9:00 Introduction (R. Rabenseifner, HLRS) 9:15 Platforms at HLRS (Th. Beisel, HLRS) Hardware overview on NEC SX-9, Nehalem-Cluster, bwGRID Cluster, Cray XT5 9:45 Access to the Platforms at HLRS (Th. Boenisch, HLRS) 10:00 Coffee 10:30 Preparation for grid usage on bwGrid resources (talk) (J. Buchholz, HLRS) (includes remarks on gsissh) 11:00 Cray XT5 - Usage and Programming (Chr. Niethammer, HLRS) 11:40 Coffee 12:00 bwGrid - Usage and Programming (Martin Hecht, HLRS) (includes also remarks on Cell and GPU) 12:45 Lunch 13:45 NEC Nehalem Cluster - Usage and Programming (H. Berger, St. Haberhauer, NEC) (includes also remarks on NVIDIA/Tesla) 14:30 Coffee 15:00 NEC SX-9 at HLRS - Usage and Programming (H. Berger, NEC) 15:30 Filesystems and HPSS at HLRS (Th. Boenisch, HLRS) 16:00 Coffee 16:20 ICV-Codes and Licenses at HLRS (M. Bernreuther, HLRS) 16:50 Basics on Vectorization (S. Haberhauer, NEC) 17:20 Guided tour (H. Berger, NEC; Th. Beisel, HLRS) 18:15 End Tuesday, March 30, 2010 NEC SX-9, Vectorization and Programming 9:00 Vectorization and optimization examples (S. Haberhauer, NEC) 10:00 Practical (S. Haberhauer, NEC) 10:30 Coffee 10:45 Differences of NEC SX-8 and SX-9 (S. Haberhauer, NEC) 11:45 Coffee 12:00 Most important compiler switches F90/C++, how to use OpenMP and MPI on SX (S. Haberhauer, NEC) 12:45 Lunch 13:45 Filesystems, file import/export, parallel I/O on NEC SX-9 (H. Berger, NEC) 14:15 Indirect addressing, General Strategy for Code Tuning (S.Haberhauer, NEC) Part I (15 min) 14:30 Coffee 14:45 Indirect addressing, General Strategy for Code Tuning (S.Haberhauer, NEC) Part II (75 min) 16:00 Coffee 16:15 Practical (S. Haberhauer, NEC) 17:30 End Abstract -------- For each platform, the participants learn about the - hardware configuration - how to get access to the system - software systems, usage and programming The second day is dedicated to the vector computer NEC SX-9. This course (Mar.29-30, 2010) can be booked at https://fs.hlrs.de/projects/par/events/2010/parallel_prog_2010/D.html (choose Course D) Deadline for registration: Mar. 21, 2010 You will receive a copy of the handouts only if you register not later than this deadline. The course language is German. All slides and handouts are in English. Room opening and emission of the handouts will start at 8:30.