CFD Computations on Multi-GPU Configurations.

ORAL

Abstract

Programmable graphics processors have shown favorable potential for use in practical CFD simulations -- often delivering a speed-up factor between 3 to 5 times over conventional CPUs. In recent times, most PCs are supplied with the option of installing multiple GPUs on a single motherboard, thereby providing the option of a parallel GPU configuration in a shared-memory paradigm. We demonstrate our implementation of an unstructured CFD solver using a set up which is configured to run two GPUs in parallel, and discuss its performance details.

Authors

  • Sandeep Menon

    University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  • Blair Perot

    University of Massachusetts, University of Massachusetts, Amherst