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<p class="MsoPlainText">Dear HPC users,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Recently, LRZ has started operation of the new 394 TFlop/s CooLMUC3 Cluster with 64-way Intel Knights Landing (KNL) 7210-F many-core processors and Intel Omnipath interconnect.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">See <a href="https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/linux-cluster/coolmuc3/">
https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/linux-cluster/coolmuc3/</a> for a description of the system.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">CoolMUC-3 users in particular, but also all HPC users interested in the Intel Knights Landing many-core processor and the Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture in general, are encouraged to join the course:
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Programming the new KNL Cluster at LRZ<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Wednesday, January 24, 2018 09:00 - Thursday, January 25, 2018 17:00<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Topics covered include:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">- The new CoolMUC3 KNL cluster at LRZ<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">- Overview of the Intel MIC architecture<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">- Overview of the Intel MIC programming models<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">- KNL memory modes and cluster modes, MCDRAM<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">- MKL on KNL<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">- Vectorisation and Intel Xeon Phi performance optimisation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">- Intel tools for KNL<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">More information about the course and the registration can be found online under
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-indent:36.0pt"><a href="https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/2018-01-24_hknl1w17/">https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/2018-01-24_hknl1w17/</a>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Please also pass this course announcement to other interested colleagues.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Further upcoming HPC courses at LRZ:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/2018-01-18_hhyp1w17/">PRACE PATC Course: Introduction to hybrid programming in HPC</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Thursday, January 18, 2018, 10:00 - 17:00<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/2018-01-22_hdlw1w17/">Deep Learning Workshop</a> (booked out)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Monday, January 22, 2018, 9:00-17:30<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/2018-02-14_hfor1w17/">Programming with Fortran</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Wednesday, February 14 - Friday, February 16, 2018, 9:00-18:00<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/2018-02-15_hdlw2w17/">Deep Learning Workshop</a> (NEW date!)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Thursday, February 15, 2018, 9:00-17:30<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/2018-03-12_hppb1w17/">Parallel Programming of High Performance Systems</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Monday, March 12 - Friday, March 16, 2018, 9:00-18:00<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">LRZ is part of the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (GCS), which is one of the six PRACE Advanced Training Centres (PATCs).
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Information on further HPC courses:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">- by LRZ: <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/">http://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/</a>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">- by the Gauss Centre of Supercomputing (GCS): <span class="MsoHyperlink">
<a href="http://www.gauss-centre.eu/training">http://www.gauss-centre.eu/training</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">- by the PRACE Advanced Training Centres (PATCs):<span class="MsoHyperlink">
<a href="http://www.training.prace-ri.eu/">http://www.training.prace-ri.eu/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Merry Christmas and a happy new year,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="DE">Volker Weinberg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">--<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Dr. Volker Weinberg <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Leibniz Supercomputing Centre of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">- HPC Systems and Services -<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">email: <a href="mailto:weinberg@lrz.de">weinberg@lrz.de</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">address: Boltzmannstr. 1 - D-85748 Garching bei Muenchen
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<p class="MsoPlainText">room: E.1.016<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">phone: +49 (89) 35831-8863<o:p></o:p></p>
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