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Automatic parallelization of the AVL FIRE benchmark for a distributed-memory system

  • Peter Brezany
  • , Viera Sipkova
  • , Barbara Chapman
  • , Robert Greimel
  • Institute for Software Technology and Parallel Systems
  • AVL List GmbH

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Abstract

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a Grand Challenge discipline whose typical application areas, like aerospace and automotive engineering, often require enormous amount of computations. Parallel processing offers very high performance potential, but irregular problems like CFD have proven difficult to map onto parallel machines. In such codes, access patterns to major data arrays are dependent on some runtime data, therefore runtime preprocessing must be applied on critical code segments. So, automatic parallelization of irregular codes is a challenging problem. In this paper we describe parallelizing techniques we have developed for processing irregular codes that include irregularly distributed data structures. These techniques have been fully implemented within the Vienna Fortran Compilation System. We have examined the AVL FIRE benchmark solver GCCG, to evaluate the influence of different kinds of data distributions on parallel-program execution time. Experiments were performed using the Tjunc dataset on the iPSC/860.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationApplied Parallel Computing
Subtitle of host publicationComputations in Physics, Chemistry and Engineering Science - 2nd International Workshop, PARA 1995, Proceedings
EditorsJack Dongarra, Kaj Madsen, Jerzy Wasniewśki
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages50-60
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)3540609024, 9783540609025
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996
Event2nd International Workshop on Applied Parallel Computing in Computations in Physics, Chemistry and Engineering Science, PARA 1995 - Lyngby, Denmark
Duration: Aug 21 1995Aug 24 1995

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume1041

Conference

Conference2nd International Workshop on Applied Parallel Computing in Computations in Physics, Chemistry and Engineering Science, PARA 1995
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityLyngby
Period08/21/9508/24/95

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