octopus'GPU'cluster'inaugura2on' Scien2fic'Compu2ng'Group' - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

• ctopus'GPU'cluster'inaugura2on'

Scien2fic'Compu2ng'Group'

Unil'|'18'février'2016'

Welcome'

Welcome' ' Trends' '

• cotpus'

' Applica2ons' ' Thanks'

• ctopus'cluster''
• Project'

– Build'an'inJhouse'high'performance'

compu2ng'cluster'

– Designed'to'solve'Earth'Science'

applica2on'in'the'most'efficient'way'

– Op2mized'for'memory'access'

Welcome' ' Trends' '

• cotpus'

' Applica2ons' ' Thanks'

• ctopus'cluster''
• InJhouse'='available'for'us:'

– 24/24'7/7'(if'not'down)' – No'queue' – No'run2me'limit' – Flexibility'

Welcome' ' Trends' '

• cotpus'

' Applica2ons' ' Thanks'

• ctopus'cluster''
• Final'choice'

– Supermicro'nodes'in'the'US'(Colfax)' – Latest'GPU'accelerators' – Assemble'&'configure'it'our'self' – Place'it'in'Géopolis’'Datacenter'

Welcome' ' Trends' '

• cotpus'

' Applica2ons' ' Thanks'

• 1000'CHF'supercomputer'
• Consumer'electronics'
• Energy'efficient'
• ctopus'–'GPU'powered'

Welcome' ' Trends' '

• cotpus'

' Applica2ons' ' Thanks'

• Nvidia'GeForce'Titan'X'(12GB)'
• 3072'parallel'cores'
• Best'$'to'performance'
• ctopus'–'GPU'powered'

Welcome' ' Trends' '

• cotpus'

' Applica2ons' ' Thanks'

Some'applica2ons'

Several'fields'of'geosciences:'

• GeoJmechanics,'reservoir'engineering

' 'Yuri'Podladchikov'(ISTE)'

• Ice'dynamics,'glacier'modeling'

' ' 'Frédéric'Herman'(IDYST)'

• Viscous'avalanches,'risk'and'natural'hasards 'Michel'Jaboyedoff'(risk)'

Welcome' ' Trends' '

• cotpus'

' Applica2ons' ' Thanks'

Parallel'visualiza2on'

Welcome' ' Trends' '

• cotpus'

' Applica2ons' ' Thanks'

Thanks'to'

• All'the'people'which'make'this'possible'!'
• Aperi2f'in'front'of'Yury’s'office,'3rd'floor'

Welcome' ' Trends' '

• cotpus'

' Applica2ons' ' Thanks'