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DOI 10.5286/dltr.2012002
Persistent URL http://purl.org/net/epubs/work/63488
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Record Id 63488
Title Developing NEMO for large multi-core scalar systems: final report of the dCSE NEMO project
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Abstract We report our experiences in implementing a set of modifications to the NEMO ocean modelling code intended to improve the code's performance and scalability on HECToR and other large multi-core scalar systems. These modifications were inspired by the coastal ocean modelling code POLCOMS, and involved re-ordering 3-dimensional array indices and associated loop nests, multi-core aware partitioning, and elimination of redundant computation on land. The modifications are invasive, pervasive and mutually dependent, and we under-estimated the effort required to implement them fully in NEMO. We report performance results from our partial implementation, and provide revised estimates of the effort required to complete a full implementation and the likely performance benefits. We also describe by-products of this work that have been incorporated in the production use of NEMO, including dynamic memory allocation, various bug fixes, and a solution to an issue degrading NEMO's performance on HECToR.
Organisation CSE-HEC , STFC , SCI-COMP
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Language English (EN)
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Report DL Technical Reports DL-TR-2012-002. 2012. DLTR-2012-02.pdf 2012