Energy efficiency of mixed precision iterative refinement methods using hybrid hardware platforms an evaluation of different solver and hardware configurations

Computer Science - Research and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 141-148

  Anzt, Hartwig ^a   Rocker, Björn ^a   Heuveline, Vincent ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Energy efficient computing; Error correcting method; GMRES; Hardware aware computing; Hybrid hardware platforms; Iterative refinement method; Mixed precision

Indexed keywords

ENERGY-EFFICIENT COMPUTING; ERROR-CORRECTING; GMRES; HARDWARE PLATFORM; HARDWARE-AWARE COMPUTING; ITERATIVE REFINEMENT; MIXED PRECISION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ITERATIVE METHODS; LINEAR SYSTEMS;

HARDWARE;

EID: 77958512320     PISSN: 18652034     EISSN: 18652042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00450-010-0124-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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