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Hands On Introduction to HPC

Dates: 10-11 July 2017

Location: EPCC - University of Edinburgh

Lecture Slides

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Monday 10th July

  • ARCHER and EPCC training
  • Welcome, Overview and Syllabus
  • Why learn about HPC?
  • Image Sharpening
  • Parallel Programming
  • Building Blocks (CPU/Memory/Accelerators)
  • Building Blocks (OS/Process/Threads)
  • Fractals
  • Parallel Programming Models

Tuesday 11th July

  • HPC Architectures
  • Batch Systems
  • CFD
  • Compilers
  • Parallel Libraries
  • Future of HPC
  • Summary

Exercise Material

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Exercise 1: Sharpen

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Exercise 2: Fractals

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Exercise 3: CFD

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