OpenSBLI: A framework for the automated derivation and parallel execution of finite difference solvers on a range of computer architectures
Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics Group, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
arXiv:1609.01277 [cs.MS], (5 Sep 2016)
@article{jacobs2016opensbli,
title={OpenSBLI: A framework for the automated derivation and parallel execution of finite difference solvers on a range of computer architectures},
author={Jacobs, Christian T. and Jammy, Satya P. and Sandham, Neil D.},
year={2016},
month={sep},
archivePrefix={"arXiv"},
primaryClass={cs.MS}
}
Exascale computing will feature novel and potentially disruptive hardware architectures. Exploiting these to their full potential is non-trivial. Numerical modelling frameworks involving finite difference methods are currently limited by the ‘static’ nature of the hand-coded discretisation schemes and repeatedly may have to be re-written to run efficiently on new hardware. In contrast, OpenSBLI uses code generation to derive the model’s code from a high-level specification. Users focus on the equations to solve, whilst not concerning themselves with the detailed implementation. Source-to-source translation is used to tailor the code and enable its execution on a variety of hardware.
September 10, 2016 by hgpu
