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HICFD: Highly Efficient Implementation of CFD Codes for HPC Many-Core Architectures

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Competence in High Performance Computing 2010

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The objective of the German BMBF research project Highly Efficient Implementation of CFD Codes for HPC Many-Core Architectures (HICFD) is to develop new methods and tools for the analysis and optimization of the performance of parallel computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes on high performance computer systems with many-core processors. In the work packages of the project it is investigated how the performance of parallel CFD codes written in C can be increased by the optimal use of all parallelism levels. On the highest level Message Passing Interface (MPI) is utilized. Furthermore, on the level of the many-core architecture, highly scaling, hybrid OpenMP/MPI methods are implemented. On the level of the processor cores the parallel Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) units provided by modern CPUs are exploited.

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This work has been supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under grant 01IH08012 A.

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  1. German Aerospace Center e.V. (DLR), Simulation and Software Technology, Cologne, Germany

    Achim Basermann & Andreas Schreiber

  2. DLR, Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, Göttingen, Germany

    Thomas Gerhold, Jens Jägersküpper & Norbert Kroll

  3. DLR, Institute of Propulsion Technology, Cologne, Germany

    Hans-Peter Kersken, Jan Backhaus & Edmund Kügeler

  4. T-Systems Solutions for Research GmbH, Bunsenstr. 10, D-37073, Göttingen, Germany

    Thomas Alrutz & Christian Simmendinger

  5. Zentrum für Informationsdienste und Hochleistungsrechnen, Technische Universität Dresden, Zellescher Weg 12, D-01062, Dresden, Germany

    Kim Feldhoff, Olaf Krzikalla & Ralph Müller-Pfefferkorn

  6. IBM Deutschland GmbH, Hechtsheimer Str. 2, D-55131, Mainz, Germany

    Mathias Puetz

  7. Airbus Deutschland GmbH, Aerodynamic Tools and Simulation, Bremen, Germany

    Petra Aumann & Olaf Knobloch

  8. MTU Aero Engines GmbH, Dachauer Str.665, D-80995, München, Germany

    Jörg Hunger & Carsten Zscherp

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  1. Technical University Darmstadt, Mornewegstr. 30, Darmstadt, 64293, Germany

    Christian Bischof

  2. Leibniz Rechenzentrum (LRZ), Boltzmannstr. 1, Garching, 85748, Germany

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  3. Center for Information Services, and High Performance Computing (ZIH), Technical University Dresden, Helmholtzstr. 10, Dresden, 01062, Germany

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Basermann, A. et al. (2011). HICFD: Highly Efficient Implementation of CFD Codes for HPC Many-Core Architectures. In: Bischof, C., Hegering, HG., Nagel, W., Wittum, G. (eds) Competence in High Performance Computing 2010. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24025-6_1

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