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

Ed Bennett; Biagio Lucini; Luigi Del Debbio; Kirk Jordan; Agostino Patella; Claudio Pica; Antonio Rago

doi:10.1109/HPCSim.2016.7568421

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

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

School of Physics and Astronomy

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation, HPCS 2016
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	834-839
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509020881
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/HPCSim.2016.7568421
Publication status	Published - 13 Sept 2016
Event	14th International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation, HPCS 2016 - Innsbruck, Austria Duration: 18 Jul 2016 → 22 Jul 2016

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Conference	14th International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation, HPCS 2016
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Innsbruck
Period	18/07/16 → 22/07/16

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benchmarking
beyond the standard model
quantum chromodynamics
Xeon Phi

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Bennett, E., Lucini, B., Del Debbio, L., Jordan, K., Patella, A., Pica, C., & Rago, A. (2016). BSMBench: A flexible and scalable HPC benchmark from beyond the standard model physics. In 2016 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation, HPCS 2016 (pp. 834-839). Article 7568421 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/HPCSim.2016.7568421

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BSMBench: A flexible and scalable HPC benchmark from beyond the standard model physics. / Bennett, Ed; Lucini, Biagio; Del Debbio, Luigi et al.
2016 International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation, HPCS 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2016. p. 834-839 7568421.

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