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.