Performance of machines for lattice QCD simulations
Tilo Wettig
TL;DR
This paper reviews the architecture and performance benchmarks of various massively parallel machines used for lattice QCD simulations, including commercial supercomputers, PC clusters, and custom machines, and discusses future prospects.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive comparison of hardware architectures and benchmarks for lattice QCD, highlighting current performance and future development trends.
Findings
Performance benchmarks vary across different machine types.
Custom-designed machines show promising performance improvements.
Future hardware developments could significantly impact lattice QCD simulations.
Abstract
We review the architecture of massively parallel machines used for lattice QCD simulations and present benchmarks for the performance of popular algorithms on these platforms. We cover commercial supercomputers, PC clusters, and custom-designed machines. We also speculate on future developments.
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