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BSMBench: A flexible and scalable HPC benchmark from beyond the standard model physics

Ed Bennett, Biagio Lucini Orcid Logo, Luigi Del Debbio, Kirk Jordan, Agostino Patella, Claudio Pica, Antonio Rago, Ed Bennett Orcid Logo

2016 International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS), Pages: 834 - 839

Swansea University Authors: Biagio Lucini Orcid Logo, Ed Bennett Orcid Logo

DOI (Published version): 10.1109/HPCSim.2016.7568421

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Lattice Quantum ChromoDynamics (QCD), and by extension its parent field, Lattice Gauge Theory (LGT), make up a significant fraction of supercomputing cycles worldwide. As such, it would be irresponsible not to evaluate machines’ suitability for such applications. To this end, a benchmark has been de...

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Published in: 2016 International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS)
ISBN: 978-1-5090-2088-1
Published: IEEE 2016
Online Access: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7568421/
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28244
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Abstract: Lattice Quantum ChromoDynamics (QCD), and by extension its parent field, Lattice Gauge Theory (LGT), make up a significant fraction of supercomputing cycles worldwide. As such, it would be irresponsible not to evaluate machines’ suitability for such applications. To this end, a benchmark has been developed to assess the performance of LGT applications on modern HPC platforms. Distinct from previous QCD-based benchmarks, this allows probing the behaviour of a variety of theories, which allows varying the ratio of demands between on- node computations and inter-node communications. The results of testing this benchmark on various recent HPC platforms are presented, and directions for future development are discussed.
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Keywords: benchmarking,quantum chromodynamics,beyond the standard model,Xeon Phi
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Start Page: 834
End Page: 839