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Exploring the Fringe of the Virtual Age - Greg Scantlen, CEO EVOLVE.
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Exploring the Fringe of the Virtual Age - Greg Scantlen, CEO
EVOLVE.
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25+ Years in HPC
2012
2007 1986
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Evolution to Virtual Workspace
Stelletto (Compute) (Abstract to Instrument)
+ VR-Grotto (Virtualization)
+ Communications API (Distributed Compute+Vis)
= Scorpii (Interactive Virtual Workspace)
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CreativeC’s Product Develop Cycle
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Compute
Visualize
Interact
Evolve
Develop
• Timeline
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Supercomputing 2008 (SC08) 5 GPUs 1TF SP NBODY + NanoTube 3D Stereo
Stereoscopic Computational Microscope
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SC09 “Stella” ConSTELLAtion 4.5TF SP NBODY SIM
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DISTRIBUTED COMPUTE Custom Modular Cases Tesla Partner, nine C1060 GPUs TRIAD IB Network Communications
SC09 Booth
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Do you think GPUs will be important? WHAT CAN I RUN ON IT? HOW MANY PROJECTORS?
LAMMPS WorkShop Feb 2010
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Stella modified with 60” Stereoscopic Display for Group Viewing of MD Combined presentation with Axel Kohlmeyer
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Philly Science Festival April 2011
(Photos courtesy of Darryl W. Moran for the Philadelphia Science Festival)
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SC11 Stelletto “Titan-like” Configuration
8x 16Core CPU
4x Fermi GPUs
40Gbps IB
3D Stereo Display
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Stelletto Configurations • 2x AMD Quad Socket
Interlagos • 4x PCIe 2.0 GPUs • QDR InfiniBand
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• 2x Intel Dual Socket Sandy Bridge
• 6x PCIe 3.0 GPUs • FDR InfiniBand
Hardware Comparison using LAMMPS
• Classical Molecular Dynamics simulation code
• Scales well on many nodes, used on simple workstation as well as 100K core systems
• One of the six main applications for Titan, GPU based successor of Jaguar
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Compute Communications
Communications vs Compute Intense LAMMPS Simulations
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Conclusions • Code is the problem, Stelletto CDP is our solution
• Agility means Small to Large, Bottom Up Design
• Quickly Configure Rapidly Changing Architectures
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Desirable Features • Quiet enough for office use
• Standard power using wall receptacles
• Full HPC capability in portable package
Facilitate Science and Engineering • Compliment HPC Development Systems and/or Code
• MD Script Development
• Low Node Count Production Runs
MedeA Instrument
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Compute evolved Instrument
Future Technology Challenges & Opportunities
1. New generation of GPU/GPGPU specialized not general purpose
2. API Library
3. Supercomputer – refresh takes time, money, planning
4. Portability
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Conclusions • Massively Parallel Computing is tomorrow’s HPC
• Agility means Small to Large, Bottom Up Design
• Quickly Configure Rapidly Changing Architectures
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Desirable Features • Quiet enough for office use
• Standard power using wall receptacles
• Full HPC capability in portable package
• Low Node Count Production Runs
• Compute Faster!!!
Best Value Proposition
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K5000 now allows up to 16 Screens in “Stelletto” Custom Case
VSMM – Paper Submission
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VR-Grotto Original Configuration
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Was 4, Now up to 16 screens
Cyber Archeology - Point Cloud Tour
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VR-Grotto SfM
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Scorpii
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6 GPUs, 9 Screens, >250K threads, 18M Pixels, ?Stereo
• Library for Scorpii
• Combines a huge library of GPU compute functions for math, image processing, signal processing, finance, oil & gas, genomics, and more
• With functions for scientific visualizations Uses CUDA + OpenGL
Platform
Visualizations
Example App
Evolution to Virtual Workspace
Stelletto (Compute) (Abstract to Instrument)
+ VR-Grotto (Visualization)
+ Communications API (Distributed Compute+Vis)
= Scorpii (Interactive Virtual Workspace)
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Thank You
• Pass around ArrayFire iPad Demo
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