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Title: Heterogeneous high throughput scientific computing with APM X-Gene and Intel Xeon Phi

Journal Article · · Journal of Physics. Conference Series
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  1. Vilnius Univ., Vilnius (Lithuania)
  2. Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
  3. Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ (United States)
  4. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
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Electrical power requirements will be a constraint on the future growth of Distributed High Throughput Computing (DHTC) as used by High Energy Physics. Performance-per-watt is a critical metric for the evaluation of computer architectures for cost- efficient computing. Additionally, future performance growth will come from heterogeneous, many-core, and high computing density platforms with specialized processors. In this paper, we examine the Intel Xeon Phi Many Integrated Cores (MIC) co-processor and Applied Micro X-Gene ARMv8 64-bit low-power server system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for scientific computing applications. As a result, we report our experience on software porting, performance and energy efficiency and evaluate the potential for use of such technologies in the context of distributed computing systems such as the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG).

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1305040
Report Number(s):
arXiv:1410.3441; FERMILAB-CONF-14-556-CMS; 1321696
Journal Information:
Journal of Physics. Conference Series, Vol. 608, Issue 1; ISSN 1742-6588
Publisher:
IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 8 works
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