SLIDE 12 12 Exascale Computing Project
Introduction – SZ Linear-Scaling Quantization
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input prediction encoding (lossless)
quantization
Uniform quantization with linear scaling in SZ-1.4
Tao etal., Significantly Improving Lossy Compression for Scientific Data Sets Based on Multidimensional Prediction and Error-Controlled Quantization, IPDPS17.
First-phase Predicted Value Real Value Error Bound 2*Error Bound 2*Error Bound
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Uniform Quan>za>on Code +1
+2 Second-phase Predicted Value Second-phase Predicted Value Second-phase Predicted Value Second-phase Predicted Value 2*Error Bound 2*Error Bound
Predicted Value Real Value Error Bound
SZ-1.1 à SZ-1.4
(i) Expand the quantization interval from the predicted value (made by previous prediction model) by linear scaling of the error bound (ii) Encode the real value using the quantization interval number (quantization code)
Quantization with one interval in SZ-1.1
Tao etal., Significantly Improving Lossy Compression for Scientific Data Sets Based on Multidimensional Prediction and Error-Controlled Quantization, IPDPS17.