• DocumentCode
    2515935
  • Title

    A CG-based Poisson solver on a GPU-cluster

  • Author

    Knittel, G.

  • Author_Institution
    WSI/GRIS, Univ. of Tubingen, Tübingen, Germany
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    19-22 Dec. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    10
  • Abstract
    We describe an experimental system for parallel distributed processing of numerical algorithms. Computations are performed on GPUs, and communication is facilitated using FPGA-adapters and self-developed interconnects. As case study we have implemented a conjugate gradient solver for the Poisson problem in three dimensions. The work focuses on machine architecture and distributed processing with special emphasis on alleviating communication bottlenecks. Also we present the implementation of a matrix-free preconditioner for the Poisson problem which does not add communication overhead.
  • Keywords
    computer graphic equipment; computer graphics; coprocessors; field programmable gate arrays; parallel processing; problem solving; stochastic processes; CG-based poisson solver; FPGA adapter; GPU cluster; communication bottlenecks; conjugate gradient solver; machine architecture; matrix free preconditioner; numerical algorithm; parallel distributed processing; self developed interconnection; three dimension Poisson problem; Driver circuits; Field programmable gate arrays; Graphics processing unit; Hardware; Instruction sets; Random access memory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    High Performance Computing (HiPC), 2010 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Dona Paula
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8518-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8519-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HIPC.2010.5713194
  • Filename
    5713194