WOMBAT: A Scalable and High Performance Astrophysical MHD Code
arXiv:1701.07452 · doi:10.3847/1538-4365/aa5b9c
Abstract
We present a new code for astrophysical magneto-hydrodynamics specifically designed and optimized for high performance and scaling on modern and future supercomputers. We describe a novel hybrid OpenMP/MPI programming model that emerged from a collaboration between Cray, Inc. and the University of Minnesota. This design utilizes MPI-RMA optimized for thread scaling, which allows the code to run extremely efficiently at very high thread counts ideal for the latest generation of the multi-core and many-core architectures. Such performance characteristics are needed in the era of "exascale" computing. We describe and demonstrate our high-performance design in detail with the intent that it may be used as a model for other, future astrophysical codes intended for applications demanding exceptional performance.
28 pages, 23 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJS
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