Repository for training material
The complexity of the AMD EPYC architecture, with its large core counts, non-uniform memory access and distributed L3 caches, can make it challenging to obtain peak performance. We’ll cover a range of intermediate-to-advanced topics that will help you to make most effective use of Expanse and other EPYC-based systems. These include an overview of the EPYC architecture, AMD’s compilers and math libraries, strategies for mapping processes and tasks to compute cores, Slurm, application tuning and profiling tools.
To get the most out of this training event, you should already be familiar with the basics of working in a Linux environment, job submission, compilation and programming in C/C++, Fortran or other languages.
The event is open to all users with an XSEDE portal account. Given the amount of material and potentially large number of participants, we will not be doing hands-on exercises during the event. Attendees who have access to Expanse will be able to download exercises so that they can practice what they learned.
| TIME (PST) | TOPIC | PRESENTER |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM – 9:05 AM | Welcome & Introduction | Mary Thomas |
| 9:05 AM – 9:35 AM | Introduction to 2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors | Mark Klonower |
| 9:35 AM – 9:45 AM | Q&A session | Mark Klonower |
| 9:45 AM – 10:25 AM | AOCC Compiler & AOCL Math Libraries [download] | Marty Kandes |
| 10:25 AM – 10:35 AM | Q&A session | Marty Kandes |
| 10:35 AM – 11:15 AM | SLURM, Runtime Configurations, and Tuning [download] | Mahidhar Tatineni |
| 11:15 AM – 11:25 AM | Q&A session | Mahidhar Tatineni |
| 11:25 AM – 11:55 PM | 30-minute break | |
| 11:55 AM – 12:35 PM | Profiling applications using AMD uProf | Bob Sinkovits |
| 12:35 PM – 12:45 PM | Q&A session | Bob Sinkovits |
| 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM | Final Q&A and Wrap-up | Mary Thomas |
| NAME | TITLE | ORG |
|---|---|---|
| Marty Kandes | Computational and Data Science Research Specialist (bio) | SDSC |
| Mark Klonower | Field Application Engineer (bio) | AMD |
| Bob Sinkovits | Director for Scientific Computing Applications (bio) | SDSC |
| Mahidhar Tatineni | Director of User Services (bio) | SDSC |
| Mary Thomas | Computational Data Scientist, HPC Training Lead (bio) | SDSC |