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Study the portability NEMO diagnostics to GPU (using Power9 machine) and take them out of the critical execution path.
Earth science models are widely used in meteorological institutions and universitiesfor weather and climate prediction studies. The complexity of the chaotic equations used and theamount of data needed to achieve a good accuracy on the simulation demand a computationalpower only found in clusters. One of these models is NEMO, which is the European framework forexcellence used for oceanic studies and running on MareNostrum 4. A prime focus in this context isthe computational performance of the model. So much to reduce ”Time to solution” as for the costsassociated during the execution. In NEMO, the execution time is extended due to the calculation ofsome diagnostics, which are used to prepare the output variables for the post-processing study.In this project, the performance of NEMO diagnostics is analyzed. Afterward, the portability of themto new architectures based on GPUs through CUDA while removing this part from the critical path ofthe execution is discussed.
File "cuda_dia_hsb.cuf" is a first approach to port Heat and Salt budgets diagnostic to PGU.
Document "final_report" is the final report (indeed) presented.
Document "Run NEMO4 on Power9" is intended to be used as a guide to compile and run NEMO4 with XIOS2.5 on Power9 using the IBM xlf compilers.