Vincent, > Note that as for nuke explosions i have no idea how those look like - maybe > someone more knowledgeable wants to comment on that.
I have optimized the ASCI benchmark codes. > As a total layman there i would suspect that it's important where the > protons/neutrons/whatever-tons/supertiny-tons are located. I'd be modelling > that naively using > matrixcalculations. The most important codes simulate shock propagation. > So that would mean the only low level library you need is a matrixcalculation > and some relative simple functions - with the matrixcalculations > eating 99% of all system time on that massive supercomputer out of all > calculations done on it. > > In such case one would need surprisingly little very well optimized code to > make optimal usage out of such massive supercomputer. Not so. Anyway, I wonder whether Roadrunner was used primarily for nuclear simulations - LANL and LLNL have their own, much larger, computational resources, both inside and outside the "vault." Regards, Max _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
