Computational Methods for On-Node Performance Optimization and Inter-Node Scalability of HPC Applications
Byoung-Do Kim, Carlos Rosales-Fernandez, Sungho Kim · Journal of Computing Science and Engineering · 2012
In the age of multi-core and specialized accelerators in high performance computing (HPC) systems, it is critical to understand application characteristics and apply suitable optimizations in order to fully utilize advanced computing system. Often time, the process involves multiple stages of application performance diagnosis and a trial-and-error type of approach for optimization. In this study, a general guideline of performance optimization has been demonstrated with two class-representing applications. The main focuses are on node-level optimization and inter-node scalability improvement. While the number of optimization case studies is somewhat limited in this paper, the result provides insights into the systematic approach in HPC applications performance engineering.