Introduction to NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA vector platform

This course will be provided as ONLINE course (using Zoom).

This one day training will introduce the SX-Aurora TSUBASA installation at HLRS. The architecture will be presented and compared to other architectures and SX-ACE, an introduction to programming of vector CPUs will be given and vectorization will be discussed on examples. Usage of the system at HLRS will be demonstrated. Participants will obtain an account to test their own codes on the architecture for about one month. NEC Germany will support the participants.

Target Audience: HLRS users having memory bandwidth bound application in source code.

Location

Online course
Organizer: HLRS, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Start date

Jun 11, 2021
08:45

End date

Jun 11, 2021
17:30

Entry level

Basic

Topics

Code Optimization

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Schedule

08:45 - 09:00 Drop in to Zoom
09:00 - 13:00 Lectures and exercises
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 17:30 Lectures and exercises

Additionally, there will be a colloquium at the end of the testing phase (July 9, 2021, TBC).

Program

  • architecture overview and comparison
  • what is vectorization
  • compilers and options
  • performance tools
  • debugging
  • listing files
  • loop
  • batch system usage

Prerequisites and content levels

Prerequisites
  • Knowledge of one C/C++/Fortran.
  • A valid account for HLRS's Vulcan or Hawk systems.
Content levels
  • Intermediate: 5 hours 30 minutes

Learn more about course curricula and content levels.

Language

German or English if required

Teacher

Holger Berger from NEC Deutschland GmbH

Registration

Registration is closed.

Deadline

for registration is June 2, 2021 (extended deadline).
Late registrations after the deadline are still possible but participants must be aware that there might be delays and they might obtain not the same service as participants registred before the deadline.

Fee

This course is for HLRS' academic or industrial users only and free of charge.

Our course fee includes coffee breaks (in classroom courses only).

PRACE PATC and bwHPC-C5

HLRS is part of the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (GCS), which is one of the six PRACE Advanced Training Centres (PATCs) that started in Feb. 2012.
HLRS is also member of the Baden-Württemberg initiative bwHPC-C5.
This course is provided within the framework of the bwHPC-C5 user support. This course is not part of the PATC curriculum and is not sponsored by the PATC program.

Local Organizer

Rolf Rabenseifner phone 0711 685 65530, rabenseifner(at)hlrs.de
Tobias Haas phone 0711 685 87223, tobias.haas(at)hlrs.de

Shortcut-URL & Course number

http://www.hlrs.de/training/2021/AURORA/

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