Title :
Progress toward the use of GPUs in the LHCb trigger
Author :
Neufeld, Niko ; Campora, Daniel ; Badalov, Alexey ; Vilasis-Cardona, Xavier
Author_Institution :
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract :
The current strategy to incorporate Graphical Processing Units (GPU) in the LHCb trigger system, with a view on the upgrade of the detector is presented. Two main aspects are described: the strategy to fit GPUs in the current framework and the performance of a particular algorithm.
Keywords :
high energy physics instrumentation computing; CERN; LHCb trigger system; Large Hadron Collider; detector upgrade; graphical processing units; Clustering algorithms; Detectors; Graphics processing units; Hardware; Pipelines; Servers;
Conference_Titel :
Cellular Nanoscale Networks and their Applications (CNNA), 2014 14th International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Notre Dame, IN
DOI :
10.1109/CNNA.2014.6888619
