Title :
Scripting high performance earth systems simulations on the SGI Altix 3700
Author :
Davies, Matt ; Gross, Lutz ; Mühlhaus, Hans
Author_Institution :
Earth Syst. Sci. Comput. Centre, Queensland Univ., Brisbane, Qld., Australia
Abstract :
A Python language scripting interface for optimised numerical software written in C/C++ has been designed to facilitate the rapid development of 3D parallel simulations on the Altix 3700. A recent advance focusing on the extensions implemented within a high performance finite element kernel module is described. Performance issues, measurements and results on the Altix 3700 are presented.
Keywords :
digital simulation; finite element analysis; geophysics computing; parallel programming; user interfaces; 3D parallel simulations; C; C++; Python language scripting interface; SGI Altix 3700; finite element kernel module; high performance earth systems simulations; optimised numerical software; Application specific integrated circuits; Computational modeling; Earth; Electronic switching systems; Finite element methods; Hardware; Kernel; Libraries; Network topology; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
High Performance Computing and Grid in Asia Pacific Region, 2004. Proceedings. Seventh International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2138-X
DOI :
10.1109/HPCASIA.2004.1324041
