A comprehensive study of in-memory computing on large HPC systems

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

11-1-2020

Abstract

—With the increasing fidelity and resolution enabled by high-performance computing systems, simulation-based scientific discovery is able to model and understand microscopic physical phenomena at a level that was not possible in the past. A grand challenge that the HPC community is faced with is how to handle the large amounts of analysis data generated from simulations. In-memory computing, among others, is recognized to be a viable path forward and has experienced tremendous success in the past decade. Nevertheless, there has been a lack of a complete study and understanding of in-memory computing as a whole on HPC systems. This paper presents a comprehensive study, which goes well beyond the typical performance metrics. In particular, we assess the in-memory computing with regard to its usability, portability, robustness and internal design trade-offs, which are the key factors that of interest to domain scientists. We use two realistic scientific workflows, LAMMPS and Laplace, to conduct comprehensive studies on state-of-the-art in-memory computing libraries, including DataSpaces, DIMES, Flexpath and Decaf. We conduct cross-platform experiments at scale on two leading supercomputers, Titan at ORNL and Cori at NERSC, and summarize our key findings in this critical area.

Identifier

85102014416 (Scopus)

ISBN

[9781728170022]

Publication Title

Proceedings International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDCS47774.2020.00045

First Page

987

Last Page

997

Volume

2020-November

Grant

CCF-1812861

Fund Ref

U.S. Department of Energy

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