Difference between revisions of "QUonG initiative"
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==The '''QUonG''' Project== | ==The '''QUonG''' Project== | ||
| − | '''QUonG''' is an INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) initiative | + | [[File:Elemento_QUonG.png|border|300px|right]] [[File:QUonG_rack.png|border|right]] |
| − | targeted to develop a High Performance Computing system dedicated (but not | + | |
| − | limited) to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice_qcd Lattice QCD] computations. | + | '''QUonG''' is an [[image:Logo-infn.png|30px]][http://www.infn.it INFN] |
| + | (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) initiative targeted to develop | ||
| + | a High Performance Computing system dedicated (but not limited) to | ||
| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice_qcd Lattice QCD] computations. | ||
'''QUonG''' is a massively parallel computing platform built up from | '''QUonG''' is a massively parallel computing platform built up from | ||
| − | commodity multi-core processors coupled with | + | commodity multi-core processors coupled with latest generation GPUs; |
| − | + | its communication mesh - being tailored to the characteristics of LQCD | |
| − | point-to-point, high performance, low latency | + | algorithms - is a point-to-point, high performance, low latency network |
| − | + | where the computing nodes are topologically arranged as vertexes of a 3 | |
| + | dimensional torus. | ||
The network is built upon the [[APEnet+_project|APEnet+]] project. | The network is built upon the [[APEnet+_project|APEnet+]] project. | ||
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A first '''QUonG''' system prototype is expected to be delivered at the | A first '''QUonG''' system prototype is expected to be delivered at the | ||
end of the year 2011. | end of the year 2011. | ||
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Revision as of 12:46, 21 June 2011
The QUonG Project
QUonG is an 
INFN
(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) initiative targeted to develop
a High Performance Computing system dedicated (but not limited) to
Lattice QCD computations.
QUonG is a massively parallel computing platform built up from commodity multi-core processors coupled with latest generation GPUs; its communication mesh - being tailored to the characteristics of LQCD algorithms - is a point-to-point, high performance, low latency network where the computing nodes are topologically arranged as vertexes of a 3 dimensional torus.
The network is built upon the APEnet+ project.
The final shape of a deployed QUonG system is an assembly of standard 42U racks, each one capable of 60 TFlops/rack of peak performance, at a cost of 5kEuro/TFlops and for an estimated power consumption of 25 kW/rack.
A first QUonG system prototype is expected to be delivered at the end of the year 2011.
