Linear Algebra Libraries for High-Performance Computing:
Scientific Computing with Multicore and Accelerators
Presenters
Event Type
Tutorial
Linear Algebra
TimeSunday, November 12th8:30am -
5pm
Location407
DescriptionToday, a desktop with a multicore processor and a GPU
accelerator can already provide a TeraFlop/s of
performance, while the performance of the high-end
systems, based on multicores and accelerators, is
already measured in tens of PetaFlop/s. This tremendous
computational power can only be fully utilized with the
appropriate software infrastructure, both at the low end
(desktop, server) and at the high end (supercomputer
installation). Most often a major part of the
computational effort in scientific and engineering
computing goes in solving linear algebra subproblems.
After providing a historical overview of legacy software
packages, the tutorial surveys the current
state-of-the-art numerical libraries for solving
problems in linear algebra, both dense and sparse.
MAGMA, PETSc, Trilinos, SuperLu, Hypre, and other
software packages are discussed. The tutorial also
highlights recent advances in algorithms that minimize
communication, i.e., data motion, which is much more
expensive than arithmetic.
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