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GPU Research Capabilities at Seneca
FSOSS
2012-10-26
Dr. Chris Szalwinski
Professor
School of Information and Communication Technology
Seneca College, Toronto, Canada
A Fresh Initiative
From
Some Personal History
To
Heterogeneous Computing
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A Fresh Initiative
The 80287
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A Fresh Initiative
Floating-Point Co-Processor (1985)
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A Fresh Initiative
ATI 3D Rage II Co-Processor (1996)
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A Fresh Initiative
A Paradigm Shift
In Programming
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Paradigm Shift
The Turn Towards Concurrency
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Paradigm Shift
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Paradigm Shift
Can still increase
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transistor density – but it's getting
more expensive
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Paradigm Shift
Can still increase
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transistor density – but it's getting
more expensive
Can't increase
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processor frequencies < 10 GHz
chips
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Paradigm Shift
Can still increase

transistor density – but it's getting
more expensive
Can't increase
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processor frequencies < 10 GHz
chips
power consumption – can't melt
chips
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Paradigm Shift
Can still increase

transistor density – but it's getting
more expensive
Can't increase
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processor frequencies < 10 GHz
chips
power consumption – can't melt
chips
The Free Lunch is Over
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we can't just wait for improvement like we did before
we need new routes to improvement
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Paradigm Shift
Use Different
Computational Units
For
Distinctly Different Tasks
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Heterogeneous Computing
Intel Core i7 (2008), NVIDIA GeForce GTX580 (2010)
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Heterogeneous Computing
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Heterogeneous Computing
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Heterogeneous Computing
Serial processing
Parallel processing
+
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Heterogeneous Computing
NVIDIA many-core GPUs vs Intel multi-core CPUs
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Floating point operations per sec (GFLOP/s)
Memory bandwidth (GB/s)
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Industry Momentum
STI (Sony + Toshiba + IBM)
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Broadband Cell Processor – CPU + GPU on one chip
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Industry Momentum
STI (Sony + Toshiba + IBM)
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Broadband Cell Processor – CPU + GPU on one chip
Intel
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Xeon Phi – MIC (Many Integrated Core)
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Industry Momentum
STI (Sony + Toshiba + IBM)
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Broadband Cell Processor – CPU + GPU on one chip
Intel
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Xeon Phi – MIC (Many Integrated Core)
AMD
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APUs (Fusion) – CPU + GPU on a single chip
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Industry Momentum
STI (Sony + Toshiba + IBM)
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Broadband Cell Processor – CPU + GPU on one chip
Intel
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Xeon Phi – MIC (Many Integrated Core)
AMD
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APUs (Fusion) – CPU + GPU on a single chip
HSA Foundation (2012) – AMD + ARM + TI +
Imagination + MediaTek + Samsung + Ateris +
Multicore Ware + Apical + Sonics + Symbio + Vivante
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Industry Momentum
STI (Sony + Toshiba + IBM)

Broadband Cell Processor – CPU + GPU on one chip
Intel

Xeon Phi – MIC (Many Integrated Core)
AMD

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APUs (Fusion) – CPU + GPU on a single chip
HSA Foundation (2012) – AMD + ARM + TI +
Imagination + MediaTek + Samsung + Ateris +
Multicore Ware + Apical + Sonics + Symbio + Vivante
Radeon – Discrete GPUs
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Industry Momentum
STI (Sony + Toshiba + IBM)

Cell Processor – CPU + GPU on one chip
Intel

Xeon Phi – MIC (Many Integrated Core)
AMD



APUs (Fusion) – CPU + GPU on a single chip
HSA Foundation (2012) – AMD + ARM + TI +
Imagination + MediaTek + Samsung + Ateris +
Multicore Ware + Apical + Sonics + Symbio + Vivante
Radeon – Discrete GPUs
NVIDIA – Discrete GPUs
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GeForce (digital gaming)
Quadro (engineering workstations - graphics)
Tesla (scientific computations – double precision)
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Industry Momentum
Discrete GPUs - Add-in board shipments
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Industry Momentum
Predictions
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Industry Predictions
Computer Graphics Market 1974-2015
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Industry Predictions
Computer Graphics Market 1974-2015
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Traditional processors + low-cost graphics processors
enable combinations of science and entertainment
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Industry Predictions
Embedded Graphics Processors (EGPs) are killing
off Integrated Graphics Processors (IGPs)
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Industry Predictions
Embedded Graphics Processors (EGPs) are no
threat to Discrete Graphics
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Programming Heterogeneous Computers
Concurrency-Oriented Programming
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Core Languages
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Fortran
C
C++
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Programming Heterogeneous Computers
Concurrency-Oriented Programming (COP)
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Core Languages
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Fortran
C
C++
Extensions for COP
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Cilk Plus (Intel)
OpenCL (Khronos Group – AMD and HSA)
CUDA
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C/C++ (NVIDIA)
Fortran 2008, C-x86 (PGI)
DirectCompute (Microsoft)
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Programming Heterogeneous Computers
CUDA Teaching Centers in Ontario
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McMaster University (2010)
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University of Toronto (2011)
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High Performance Parallel Computing on Graphical
Processing Units – ECE709 – part of Master's Degree
Special Topics in Software Engineering: Programming
Massively Parallel Graphics Processors – ECE1724H –
part of Master's Degree
Seneca College (2012)
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Introduction to Parallel Programming – Professional
Option – GPU610/DPS915 – CPA Diploma and BSD
Degree
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Programming Heterogeneous Computers
School of Information and
Communications
Technology
(ICT)
Our Capabilities and Plans
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ICT Facilities
Fully Equipped Teaching Classroom and Lab
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40 seats
38 CUDA enabled desktops with GTX480s (480 cores)
Maximus Workstation
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Quadro 600 for visualization
Tesla C2075 for computation
SCI-Net Research
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Accelerator Research Cluster – research testbed
8 x [2 Intel Xeon X5550 + 2 NVIDIA Tesla M2070]
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ICT Facilities
The 80287
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ICT Courses
Introductory Course – Student Skill Set
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Solid tested background in both C and C++
Profile for computationally intensive code
Move critical code to the GPU using CUDA
Optimize to hide memory latency with computations
Programmer Training Workshops – on demand
Advanced Course – (in the planning stage)
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Interactive Real-Time Computations + Visualization
Parallelizing Fortran Applications
OpenGL, DirectX Graphics Interoperability
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ICT Faculty
Areas of Interest or Domain Expertise
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Big Data – Geocomputation
Cognition – Cognitive Tutors
Intrusion Detection – Information Security
Finite Element Analysis – Soft Matter
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ICT Scope
Areas of Application (source: NVIDIA)
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Image Processing
Big Data Mining
Gaming
Advertising
Genetics
Quantum Chemistry
Mathematics
Product Design
Scientific Computing
Computational Finance
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GPU Research Capabilities at Seneca
FSOSS
2012-10-26
Dr. Chris Szalwinski
Professor
School of Information and Communication Technology
Seneca College, Toronto, Canada
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