Performance evaluation of parallel large-scale lattice boltzmann applications on three supercomputing architectures

Thomas Pohl, Frank Deserno, Nils Thürey, Ulrich Rüde, Peter Lammers, Gerhard Wellein, Thomas Zeiser

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Abstract

Computationally intensive programs with moderate communication requirements such as CFD codes suffer from the standard slow interconnects of commodity "off the shelf" (COTS) hardware. We will introduce different large-scale applications of the Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) in fluid dynamics, material science, and chemical engineering and present results of the parallel performance on different architectures. It will be shown that a high speed communication network in combination with an efficient CPU is mandatory in order to achieve the required performance. An estimation of the necessary CPU count to meet the performance of 1 TFlop/s will be given as well as a prediction as to which architecture is the most suitable for LBM. Finally, ratios of costs to application performance for tailored HPC systems and COTS architectures will be presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE/ACM SC2004 Conference - Bridging Communities, Proceedings
Pages229-241
Number of pages13
StatePublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes
EventIEEE/ACM SC2004 Conference - Bridging Communities - Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Duration: 6 Nov 200412 Nov 2004

Publication series

NameIEEE/ACM SC2004 Conference, Proceedings

Conference

ConferenceIEEE/ACM SC2004 Conference - Bridging Communities
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPittsburgh, PA
Period6/11/0412/11/04

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