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Supercomputing atSupercomputing atGeorgia SouthernGeorgia Southern

bybyBrad BazemoreBrad Bazemore

Eagle High Performance Research ClusterEagle High Performance Research Cluster

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Eagle High Performance Research Cluster

What is it? What does it do? How is it different? Why do WE need it? How can it help the

students and faculty?

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Supercomputers?

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Myths

Hal 9000? They have to be

big? All you do is run a

program just like any computer?

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What makes them Super?

Can do many computations at a time

Handle large amounts of data

Shared Data A PC alone is not a

supercomputer

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What makes up a Supercomputer

Two types Single

Machine Cluster

EHPRC?: Cluster

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Cluster?

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super+computing=SCIENCE!

There is a 3rd tier of Science: Simulation

Can see and do experiments otherwise too costly or impossible

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Where can you find them?

Research Labs Oak Ridge PNNL LLNL

Universities GT VT Georgia

Southern

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So what does it do?

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Core?

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Why Parallelization?

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Supercomputer programing

Everything is concurrent

Synchronization The “Fair Race”

problem Not everything can

be parallel Have to use

special tools

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OpenMP is not rocket science

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MPI is rocket science

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What can it do?

Solve equations too large for a normal computer

Simulate environments and reactions

Find patterns in data too large for human analysis

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What makes EHPRC different?

Efficiency Open Source University Wide

Collaboration User Interaction High Density

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Why do we need it?The Research

Used by: Engineering Computer

Science IT Physics Chemistry

Discover the secrets of the universe

Simulate engines to find ways to improve their efficacy

Determine how chemicals might react in the environment

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Students? Faculty?

Access by any student

Will be used in classrooms

Access by all faculty

A tool for research and teaching

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EHPRC

Puts Georgia Southern on the map Gives us a universal tool of science Inspires

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Q&A

Contact: bb03822@georgiasouthern.edu Office IT 2317 erc.georgiasuthern.edu

Source

Tutorial IWOMP 2010 – CCS Un. of Tsukuba, June 14, 2010