Storaasli 5/9/03 Analytical and Computational Methods Computing Faster without CPUs Scientific Applications on FPGA-based* Reconfigurable Hypercomputers by Dr. Olaf Storaasli Analytical & Computational Methods Branch Structures and Materials for May Seminar, Electronic Systems Branch *Field-Programmable Gate Array
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Storaasli 5/9/03Analytical and Computational Methods
Computing Faster without CPUs
Scientific Applications on FPGA-based* Reconfigurable Hypercomputers
byDr. Olaf Storaasli
Analytical & Computational Methods BranchStructures and Materials
Computing Faster Without CPUsGOAL: Evaluate FPGA*-based Hypercomputer Potential
for NASA Scientific Computations TEAM: Dr. Olaf Storaasli, Principal Investigator
PARTNERS: Star Bridge Systems, NSA, USAF, MSFC
, William Fithian-Harvard, Siddhartha Krishnamurthy-VT Shaun Foley-MIT, Cris Kania-GS, Neha Dandawate-GS, Patrick Butler-VT Kristin Barr-JPMorgan, Robert Lewis-Morehouse , Vincent Vance-VT
Jarek Sobieski, Robert Singleterry, Dave Rutishauser, Joe RehderGarry Qualls
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William Fithian* (Harvard, Merit Scholar, Oracle Award)
*NASA-NHGS mentorship ‘00-’02
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First Langley Hypercomputers10 FPGAs each
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FPGA Programming• User controls gates: middle man removed
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Plans: - Millions of Matrix Equations: Structures, Electromagnetics & Acoustics - Rapid Static & Dynamic Structural Analyses - Cray Vector Computations in Weather Code (VT PhD) - Robert on Administrator’s Fellowship at Star Bridge Systems - Simulate advanced computing concepts using VIVA - Collaborate with SBS, NSA, A&T… to expand VIVA libraries - Tailor VIVA development for NASA applications - Target applications to NASA programs (e.g. EDB Collaboration??)
Rapid Growth in FPGA Capability
FPGA (Feb ’01) FPGA (Oct ’02)
Xilinx FPGAGatesMultiplies on chipClock Speed MHzMemory on chipMemory SpeedReconfigure TimeGFLOPS
Total GFLOPs
XC406262K010020Kb466 Gb/s100ms0.4
4 (10 FPGAs)
XC2V60006 million (97x)144300 (3x)3.5 Mb (175x)5 Tb/s (11x)40ms (2.5x)47 (120x)
Applications: ‘02 - Diverse “pathfinder” algorithms developed
Speed: Year 1: 4 GFLOPS => Year 2: 329 GFLOPSFuture: exploit capability on NASA “cutting edge” innovations
‘03 - Comprehensive NASA engineering applications
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Langley Reconfigurable Computing Research1. Singleterry, Robert C., Jaroslav Sobieszczanski-Sobieski, and Samuel Brown. “Field-Programmable Gate Array Computer in Structural Analysis: an
Initial Exploration.” 43rd American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference. April 22-25, 2002.
2. Storaasli, Olaf O., Robert C. Singleterry, and Samuel Brown. “Scientific Computations on a NASA Reconfigurable Hypercomputer.” Abstract accepted for 5th Military and Aerospace Programmable Logic Devices (MAPLD) Conference, Paper in preparation. September 10-12, 2002.
3. Fithian, William, Samuel Brown, and Tyler Reed. “Object Synchronization in VIVA 1.5.” Briefing prepared for VIVA users at NASA Marshall, Eglin AFB, Progress Forge, Inc., and Star Bridge Systems, Inc. March 26, 2002.
4. Barr, Kristen, Shaun Foley, and Robert A. Lewis II. “Hypercomputing with the CORDIC Algorithm.” August, 2001. Presentation of research conducted under Dr. Olaf O. Storaasli, June-August, 2001.
5. Butler, Patrick. New Horizons Governors School Mentorship Project. May, 2001. Presentation of research conducted under Dr. Olaf O. Storaasli, September 2000 – May 2001.
6. Dandawate, Neha. “Reckless Speeding: The Investigation of the Programming Capabilities of the HAL Hypercomputer.” July, 2002. Presentation of research conducted under Dr. Olaf O. Storaasli, June – July, 2002.
7. Dandawate, Neha. “The Investigation of the Programming Capabilities of the HAL-15 Hypercomputer.” July, 2002. Paper on research conducted under Dr. Olaf O. Storaasli, June – July, 2002.
8. Fithian, William. “Developing a Matrix Equation Solver for the HAL-15 Hypercomputer.” December, 2001. Proposal for research to be conducted under Dr. Olaf O. Storaasli, September 2001 – May 2002.
9. Fithian, William. “Developing a Matrix Equation Solver for the HAL-15.” May, 2002. Presentation of research conducted under Dr. Olaf O. Storaasli, September 2001 – May 2002.
10. Fithian, William. “Jacobi Iterative Matrix Equation Solver for Star Bridge Systems FPGA Hypercomputer.” September, 2002. In preparation.11. Foley, Shaun. “Scientific Hypercomputing.” August, 2001. Paper describing research conducted under Dr. Olaf O. Storaasli, June – August, 2001.12. Krishnamurthy, Siddhartha. “Development of an Integration Algorithm for Field Programable Gate Arrays using VIVA.” July, 2002. Paper describing research
conducted under Dr. Robert C. Singleterry, June – Aug 2002.