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Towards an Astrophysical-oriented Computational multi-Architectural Framework

Authors:
Dzmitry Razmyslovich
Guillermo Marcus
Reinhard Männer

Keywords: Astrophysics; Heterogeneous; Framework; Cluster; GPGPU

Abstract:
In this exploratory paper, we present a framework for simplifying software development in the astrophysical simulations branch - Astrophysical-oriented Computational multi-Architectural Framework (ACAF). The ACAF is designed to provide a user with the set of objects and functions covering some aspects of application development for astrophysical problems. The target data to be processed with the ACAF is a set of states of a particle system. Being designed as a C++ framework, the ACAF decreases the expertise needs required to implement such programs preserving the extension flexibility and the possibility to use the existing libraries. The ACAF abstracts the accelerating device itself, the usage of it, the data distribution and usage. Also, the ACAF incorporates the different kernel implementations into a single object.

Pages: 19 to 26

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016

Publication date: March 20, 2016

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4170

ISBN: 978-1-61208-466-4

Location: Rome, Italy

Dates: from March 20, 2016 to March 24, 2016