Dear sir, I've never used GPU to accelerate my calculation. Does it supply us a prominent acceleration in pw.x, ph.x and so on?
Best! Yue-Wen Fang East China Normal University, Shanghai, China 2012/11/27 Filippo Spiga <spiga.filippo at gmail.com> > Dear Li, > > part of ph.x can exploit some acceleration that comes from linear algebra > but not as much as pw.x. If the work scheduled is going to continue as > expected we will be able to deliver a first version of ph.x properly > accelerated in one month/one month and half. I remember I said something > like the end of this year, it is still likely possible. Stay tuned. > > Cheers, > Filippo > > On Nov 26, 2012, at 11:15 PM, Chengyang Li <li.chengyang at wmich.edu> wrote: > > Dear Filippo > > I have a question about QE- GPU , does it include ph.x now? Last time I > heard ph.x will be used in the end of this year. > > Chengyang > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Filippo Spiga" <spiga.filippo at gmail.com> > *To: *q-e-gpgpu at qe-forge.org > *Cc: *"PWSCF Forum" <Pw_forum at pwscf.org> > *Sent: *Monday, November 26, 2012 1:01:45 PM > *Subject: *[Pw_forum] QE-GPU-5.0.2 (build1) is ready for download > > Dear all, > > the QE-GPU-5.0.2 (build1) is ready for download. This version is fully > compatible with QE 5.0.2 released few days ago. > > The QE-GPU package works like a plug-in for the standard Quantum ESPRESSO > distribution. The procedure to follow to deploy it is very simple and it is > also descrbed here: http://qe-forge.org/gf/project/q-e-gpu/ > > Frst you need to download and install Quantum ESPRESSO 5.0.2. Then you > have to download the file "QE-GPU-5.0.2-build1.tar.gz" and place it in the > root/main directory of your QE installation (the same directory from which > you usually run the configure). At this point, by untarring > QE-GPU-5.0.2-build1.tar.gz, a directory called "GPU" will appear. Next > steps are quite easy: > > $ cd GPU > $ ./configure --enable-parallel --enable-openmp --enable-cuda > --with-gpu-arch=<your-GPU-capability> --with-cuda-dir=<your-CUDA-path> > --enable-phigemm --enable-magma > $ cd .. > $ make -f Makefile.gpu pw-gpu > > All the executables will appear under "bin/". By run "make -f > Makefile.gpu" you will see what packages can exploit entirely or partially > some GPU acceleration. Remember that PWscf (and so NEB) are the two code > with the large amount of walltime ported to GPU. Here the link for the > direct download: > http://qe-forge.org/gf/project/q-e-gpu/frs/?action=FrsReleaseView&release_id=126 > > For additional details please read the README.GPU file under the "GPU/" > directory. For any feedback or problem please subscribe the q-e-gpu > mailing-list (link: http://qe-forge.org/mailman/listinfo/q-e-gpgpu ) > > Happy Computing. > Filippo > > > QE-GPU-5.0.2 ~ short Change-Log : > - two "modes": normal and fast-cuda > - revised GPU memory management > - phiGEMM 2.0.0rc1 > - brand new MAGMA 1.3.0 > - better support for GPU with cc_30, cc_35 (TESLA K20, K20x, K10, GTX6xx) > - improved configure and XK7 support > - better GPU stream management > - corrected weird bug in addusdens > - batched FFT in serial execution temporary disabled (it will be restored > in the next build) > > -- > Mr. Filippo SPIGA, M.Sc. > http://filippospiga.me ~ skype: filippo.spiga > > ?Nobody will drive us out of Cantor's paradise.? ~ David Hilbert > > > _______________________________________________ > Pw_forum mailing list > Pw_forum at pwscf.org > http://pwscf.org/mailman/listinfo/pw_forum > > > _______________________________________________ > Pw_forum mailing list > Pw_forum at pwscf.org > http://pwscf.org/mailman/listinfo/pw_forum > > > -- > Mr. Filippo SPIGA, M.Sc. > http://filippospiga.me ~ skype: filippo.spiga > > ?Nobody will drive us out of Cantor's paradise.? ~ David Hilbert > > > _______________________________________________ > Pw_forum mailing list > Pw_forum at pwscf.org > http://pwscf.org/mailman/listinfo/pw_forum > -- ---- Yue-Wen Fang -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://pwscf.org/pipermail/pw_forum/attachments/20121127/c625cd81/attachment.html
