Ookami is a computer technology testbed supported by the United States National Science Foundation. It provides researchers with access to the A64FX processor developed by Fujitsu in collaboration with RIK{\Xi}N for the Japanese path to exascale computing, as deployed in Fugaku, the fastest computer in the world. By focusing on crucial architectural details, the ARM-based, multi-core, 512-bit SIMD-vector processor with ultrahigh-bandwidth memory promises to retain familiar and successful programming models while achieving very high performance for a wide range of applications. We review relevant technology and system details, and the main body of the paper focuses on initial experiences with the hardware and software ecosystem for micro-benchmarks, mini-apps, and full applications, and starts to answer questions about where such technologies fit into the NSF ecosystem.
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@article{arxiv.2106.08987,
title = {Ookami: Deployment and Initial Experiences},
author = {Andrew Burford and Alan C. Calder and David Carlson and Barbara Chapman and Firat CoŞKun and Tony Curtis and Catherine Feldman and Robert J. Harrison and Yan Kang and Benjamin Michalow-Icz and Eric Raut and Eva Siegmann and Daniel G. Wood and Robert L. Deleon and Mathew Jones and Nikolay A. Simakov and Joseph P. White and Dossay Oryspayev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.08987},
year = {2021}
}
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14 pages, 7 figures, PEARC '21: Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing, July 18--22, 2021, Boston, MA, USA