PRACE WP8 “Emerging Technologies”PRACE WP8 Emerging TechnologiesIris Christadler, Dr. Herbert Huber

Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, Germany

WP8 Future Petaflop/s TechnologiesWP8 Future Petaflop/s Technologies• Objectives:

D fi iti d i l t ti f t t th t t ti HPCDefinition and implementation of a strategy that guarantees a continuous HPC technology evaluation and system evolution within the PRACE Research Infrastructure.Anticipation and evaluation of emerging multi-petascale-technology following theAnticipation and evaluation of emerging multi-petascale-technology following the requirements of HPC users.Fostering the development of components for future multi-petascale production systems in cooperation with European and international HPC industry.y p p y

• Deliverables:D 8.1.x all STRATOS related (work plan, contract, etc.)D 8 2 1 Criteria for selection of promising architecturesD 8.2.1 Criteria for selection of promising architecturesD 8.2.2 Architectural specifications from user requirementsD 8.2.3 Technical technology assessment reportD 8 3 1 Technical component assessment and development report

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D 8.3.1 Technical component assessment and development reportD 8.3.2 Final technical report and architecture proposal

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Technology Watch Hard- & SoftwareA choice of topics:

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Technology Watch – Hard- & Software

– Processing units– Data paths (e.g., QPI, HT, IB, …)– Memory & storage units– File systems– Power and cooling– New programming languages & models– System software, middleware & programming environments

Keep track of novel technologies that will in due time replace the current ones.Establish a list of laboratories in parallel with their specific research field(s) as well as a technology watch contact list of important scientists and engineers.

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WP8 Prototypes IWP8 Prototypes ICEA“GPU/CAPS”

1U Tesla Server T1070 (CUDA, CAPS DDT) Intel Harpertown nodes

Take more easily advantage of accelerators. Compare HMPP with other approaches to program accelerators“GPU/CAPS” CAPS, DDT), Intel Harpertown nodes HMPP with other approaches to program accelerators.

CINECA I/O Subsystem (SSD, Lustre, pNFS) Assess the applicability of new file system and storage technologies.

CINES-LRZ“LRB/CS”

Hybrid SGI ICE/UV/Nehalem-EP & Nehalem-EX/ClearSpeed/Larrabee

Evaluate a hybrid system architecture containing thin nodes, fat nodes and compute accelerators with a shared file system.

CSCS“UPC/CAF”

Prototype PGAS language compilers (CAF + UPC for Cray XT systems)

Understand the usability and programmability of PGAS languages.

EPCC“FPGA”

Maxwell – FPGA prototype (VHDL support & consultancy + software licenses (e.g., Mitrion-C))

Assess the potential of high-level languages for using FPGAs in HPC. Compare energy efficiency with other solutions.

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WP8 Prototypes II

FZJ eQPACE (PowerXCell Gain deep expertise in communication

WP8 Prototypes II

FZJ“Cell & FPGA interconnect”

eQPACE (PowerXCell 8i cluster with special network processor)

Gain deep expertise in communication network issues. Extend the application domain of the QPACE system.

LRZ“RapidMind”

RapidMind Multi-Core Development Platform (automatic code generation for x86, GPUs and Cell)

Assess the potential of data stream languages. Compare RapidMind with other approaches for programming accelerators or multi-core systems

NCF“ClearSpeed”

ClearSpeed CATS 700 units

Evaluate ClearSpeed accelerator hardware for large-scale applications.

Air cooled blade system from SNIC-KTH

ySupermicro with AMD Istanbul processors & QDR IB(subject to EC approval)

Evaluate and optimize energy efficiency and packing density ofcommodity hardware.Experiences with the

prototypes will be reported in Deliverable D8 3 2

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in Deliverable D8.3.2 [http://www.prace-project.eu/documents/public-deliverables-1/]

STRATOS –

Working Groups:

The PRACE Advisory Group for Strategic Technologies

• Technology Watch• Exascale Software• Green-IT & HPC Leadership Resourcesp

Members:• PRACE Members • PROSPECTPROSPECT• Ter@tec

Spokesman: Dr. Herbert Huber (huber@lrz.de)L t bj tiLong-term objectives:Highly energy efficient European Exa-Flop/s systems and Exascale supercomputing centres

- taking care not to compromise programmability and scalability. Highly scalable user applications being able to saturate European Tier-0 systems

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applications being able to saturate European Tier-0 systems.

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STRATOS ObjectivesSTRATOS Objectives• Facilitate a continuous HPC technology evaluation and system evolution within

the future PRACE Research Infrastructurethe future PRACE Research Infrastructure.• Reinforce European’s excellence in high performance computing architectures,

system software and tools.• Foster the development of hardware and software components for enhancedFoster the development of hardware and software components for enhanced

power-efficiency and reliability as well as their integration into future European Tier-0 production systems in cooperation with European and international HPC industry and research labs.

• Assess and select important scientific fields which need multi-Petascale or Exascale computers and search for applications that will be able to saturate future European Tier-0 systems.E h th l bilit f ISV d li ti i ll b ti ith• Enhance the scalability of ISV and user applications in collaboration with European industry and research institutions.

• Contribute to the creation of a European Technology Platform for HPC.Boost technologies in the field of HPC where EU has still outstanding capabilities

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Boost technologies in the field of HPC where EU has still outstanding capabilities.

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STRATOS MembershipSTRATOS MembershipSTRATOS is open to consortia of industry and research institutions as well as members from industrial and non-industrial European research and development projects willing tofrom industrial and non-industrial European research and development projects willing to cooperate with PRACE partners under the MoU.

Organizations eligible to enter into the STRATOS MoU are classified as:Organizations eligible to enter into the STRATOS MoU are classified as:•PRACE-Members:Any PRACE-partner has the right to accede to the MoU. •Associated Members:Parties other than PRACE members ((consortia of) industry or academia), who are, as legal entities, in a legal position to accede directly to the MoU.

STRATOS Delegates are representatives of external structures/organizations from industry or academia that are not in a legal position to accede to this MoU via signature of an accession agreement, but interested in and willing to send a representative to participate in STRATOS activities

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participate in STRATOS activities.

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Contact information:Dr. Herbert Huber (WP8 Leader), huber@lrz.deI i Ch i t dl (WP8 C L d ) h i t dl @l dIris Christadler (WP8 Co-Leader), christadler@lrz.deLeibniz Supercomputing Centre, Germany

COMMENTS? QUESTIONS?

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