Starting from summer 2012, CINECA provides one of the major high-performance computing resources to the scientific community in Italy and Europe. The aim of the course is to give scientific users an introductory overview of the FERMI system, a description of the main tools and techniques useful to enable a scientific application for BG/Q architecture and hints for an efficient exploitation of the system.
Topics
Learning outcomes
Enabling applications for the BlueGene/Q architecture. Ability to work on the FERMI Tier-0 system.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Linux/UNIX and experience on parallel programming.
Price: Free of charge
Topics
- Overview of the IBM BlueGene/Q architecture
- Usage of the FERMI supercomputer and its software resources (libraries, applications, tools)
- Performance tuning
- I/O and data management
Learning outcomes
Enabling applications for the BlueGene/Q architecture. Ability to work on the FERMI Tier-0 system.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Linux/UNIX and experience on parallel programming.
Price: Free of charge