Co-Designing an OpenMP GPU Runtime and Optimizations for Near-Zero Overhead Execution

Doerfert, Johannes; Patel, Atemn; Huber, Joseph; Tian, Shilei; Diaz, Jose M Monsalve; Chapman, Barbara; Georgakoudis, Giorgis

doi:10.1109/ipdps53621.2022.00055

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“…However, due to version limitations, OpenMP within the utilized version of Visual Studio does not support the reductionidentifier. As an alternative, a unique private vector is designated for each thread, followed by a serial merging of these vectors outside the parallel region [11]. The use of #pragma omp critical is integrated to ensure that threads populate the 'possible_collision_pairs' vector in a serialized manner, thereby maintaining data consistency.…”

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Investigating the applications and analysis of physics engine technologies

Chen

2024

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This research project delves into the performance impact of implementing parallel programming techniques in physics engine applications. With the advent of multi-core processors in contemporary computing environments, optimizing physics simulations through parallel programming has become increasingly feasible. A conventional blob collision physics engine serves as the benchmark for evaluation, and its performance is juxtaposed against a parallel-programmed variant. Experimental findings indicate a significant reduction in computational time required for collision detection and response when parallel processing is employed. This efficiency gain is particularly pronounced in scenarios involving a large number of blobs, showcasing the scalability advantages of parallelization. Moreover, parallel programming facilitates optimal harnessing of multi-core processor capabilities, thereby enhancing the overall efficiency and performance of the physics engine in question. This study not only substantiates the technical merits of applying parallel programming but also illuminates the practical benefits, including resource-efficient operation and quicker simulation times. Consequently, the research provides valuable insights for developers and engineers aiming to fully exploit the capabilities of modern computing hardware in physics-based simulations and applications.

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Investigating the applications and analysis of physics engine technologies

Chen

2024

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“…We redone the OpenMP GPU code generation in LLVM/Clang [137] to improve performance and correctness. This work was complemented by a new LLVM/OpenMP GPU device runtime that helps us further close the performance gap compared to CUDA and other kernel languages [138]. Various efforts in improving development and debugging have also been integrated into LLVM/OpenMP [135,134].…”

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ECP Software Technology Capability Assessment Report V3.0

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McInnes

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The Exascale Computing Project (ECP) Software Technology (ST) focus area is responsible for (1) developing critical software capabilities that will enable the successful execution of ECP applications and (2) providing key components of a productive and sustainable exascale computing ecosystem that will position the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the broader high-performance computing (HPC) community with a firm foundation for future extreme-scale computing capabilities.This ECP ST Capability Assessment Report (CAR) provides an overview and assessment of current ECP ST capabilities and activities, giving stakeholders and the broader HPC community information that can be used to assess ECP ST progress and plan their own efforts accordingly. ECP ST leaders commit to updating this document on regular basis (every 6-12 months). Highlights from this version of the report are presented here.This version of the CAR contains the following updates relative to the previous revision.• This report highlights the progress with the Extreme-scale Scientific Software Stack (E4S) efforts.In particular, this report discusses how E4S continues to gain traction as a first-class entity in the HPC ecosystem, enabling new conversations with users, facilities, vendors, other US agencies, and international partners.• The several-page summaries of each ECP Level 4 project were updated to reflect recent progress and next steps (Section 4). Of particular note are the experiences of our teams on early-access systems for Frontier.• The E4S is described further. E4S is now updated via quarterly releases. E4S is the primary integration and delivery vehicle for ECP ST capabilities (Section 2.1.1).• The ECP ST software development kit (SDK) effort further refined its groupings (Section 2.1.2).The ECP ST focus area represents the key bridge between exascale systems and the scientists developing applications that will run on those platforms. ECP ST efforts contribute to approximately 70 software products (Section 2.1.3) in six technical areas (Table 1). Since publishing the previous revision of the CAR, the team has continued to evolve the product dictionary of official product names, which enables more rigorous mapping of ECP ST deliverables to stakeholders (Section 2.1.4).Programming Models & Runtimes: In addition to developing key enhancements to MPI and OpenMP for scalable systems with accelerated node architectures, the team is working on performance portability layers (Kokkos and RAJA) and participating in OpenMP and OpenACC software design and development that will enable applications to write much of their source code without needing to provide vendor-specific implementations for each exascale system. One legacy of ECP ST efforts is anticipated to be a software stack that supports Intel and AMD accelerators in addition to NVIDIA's accelerators (Section 4.1).Development Tools: The team is enhancing existing widely used compilers (e.g., LLVM) and performance tools for next-generation platforms. Compilers are critical for heterogeneous archi...

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