Speaker
Dr
Dirk Pleiter
(DESY)
Description
apeNEXT is the latest generation of massively parallel machines optimized for
simulating QCD formulated on a lattice (LQCD). In autumn 2005 the commissioning of
several large-scale installations of apeNEXT started, which will provide a total of
15 TFlops of compute power. This fully custom designed computer has been developed
by an European collaboration composed of groups from INFN (Italy), DESY (Germany) and
CNRS (France). We will give an overview on the system architecture and place
particular emphasis to the system software, i.e. the programming environment and the
operating system. In this talk we will present and analyze performance numbers and
finally report on experiences gained during the first months of machine operation.
Primary author
Dr
Dirk Pleiter
(DESY)
