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

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  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.