Hackthon Description

The third in the Isambard hackathon series will take place online via Zoom, and focus on porting and optimising codes to the processor behind Fugaku, the fastest supercomputer in the world - the Arm-based A64fx from Fujitsu. Isambard now includes a rack of 72 A64fx processors, along with Cray, Arm and GNU compilers.

The hackathon will begin with a training session from Arm and Cray/HPE on the architecture and software tools, before moving into the hands-on part of the hackathon. All attendees will be given accounts on the Isambard A64fx Apollo 80 system for the duration of the event. Accounts may be available to continue porting activities post the event, upon request. For more details about the system, see:

https://gw4-isambard.github.io/docs/#

Schedule (all times GMT)

Tuesday March 23rd:

09:30 - 09:40: Welcome and introductions (Prof. Simon McIntosh-Smith, Isambard PI)

09:40-11:30: An introduction to the A64fx architecture, including SVE and software tools (Phil Ridley, Arm)

11:30-11:45: Break

11:45-12:45: The A64fx software environment on the HPE Apollo 80 (John Levesque, Cray/HPE)

12:45-14:00: Lunch

14:00-17:00: Hands-on hackathon, supported by Isambard GW4, Arm and Cray/HPE staff

Wednesday March 24th:

09:30-11:00: Review of Tuesday's session and hackathon continuation

11:00-11:30: Break

11:30-13:00: Hackathon cont.

13:00-14:00: Lunch

14:00-17:00: Hackathon cont.

17:00: Hackathon wrap-up and next steps.

Zoom meeting details

These will be emailed to you as part of your tickets.

Previous Isambard Hackathons

Isambard has run two previous hackathons which were extremely successful. Run in October 2017 and March 2018, they were some of the very first public events porting HPC codes to production Arm hardware. This third Isambard hackathon is one of the very first such public events targetting the A64fx, and the first in Europe.

The 3rd Isambard hackathon - "Full Steam Ahead!"