OpenSBLI: A framework for the automated derivation and parallel execution of finite difference solvers on a range of computer architectures
arXiv:1609.01277 · doi:10.1016/j.jocs.2016.11.001
Abstract
Exascale computing will feature novel and potentially disruptive hardware architectures. Exploiting these to their full potential is non-trivial. Numerical modelling frameworks involving finite difference methods are currently limited by the 'static' nature of the hand-coded discretisation schemes and repeatedly may have to be re-written to run efficiently on new hardware. In contrast, OpenSBLI uses code generation to derive the model's code from a high-level specification. Users focus on the equations to solve, whilst not concerning themselves with the detailed implementation. Source-to-source translation is used to tailor the code and enable its execution on a variety of hardware.
Author accepted version, with a small amendment: the link in the "Code Availability" section has been updated, and now refers to the OpenSBLI source code repository on GitHub. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Computational Science on 8 November 2016