| Preprint | |
| Report number | CERN-IT-2011-006 |
| Title | Evaluating the scalability of HEP software and multi-core hardware |
| Author(s) | Jarp, S ; Lazzaro, A ; Leduc, J (CERN) ; Nowak, A (CERN) |
| Publication | 2011 |
| Collaboration | CERN openlab Collaboration |
| Imprint | 15 Jan 2011 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Presented at | Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics 2010, Taipei, Taiwan, 18 - 22 Oct 2010 |
| Subject category | Computing and Computers |
| Keywords | x86 ; multi-core ; multi-threading ; many-core ; manycore ; multicore ; multithreading ; processor ; cpu ; intel ; amd ; architecture ; shrink ; WLCG ; hep ; C++ ; vector ; moore's law ; TDP ; Nehalem ; Westmere ; Sandy Bridge ; numa ; MIC ; scc ; threading ; WSM ; NHM ; WSM-EP ; NHM-EX ; Nehalem-EX ; Westmere-EP ; Geant4 ; ParFullCMS ; ParFullCMSmt ; benchmark ; benchmarking ; power consumption ; scalability ; scaling ; hyper-threading ; hyper threading ; smt ; threading |
| Abstract | As researchers have reached the practical limits of processor performance improvements by frequency scaling, it is clear that the future of computing lies in the effective utilization of parallel and multi-core architectures. Since this significant change in computing is well underway, it is vital for HEP programmers to understand the scalability of their software on modern hardware and the opportunities for potential improvements. This work aims to quantify the benefit of new mainstream architectures to the HEP community through practical benchmarking on recent hardware solutions, including the usage of parallelized HEP applications. |
| Copyright/License | Preprint: © 2011-2025 CERN (License: CC-BY-3.0) |
| Submitted by | [email protected] |
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