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SysGenX: Composable software generation for system-level simulation at Exascale

Lead Research Organisation: Imperial College London
Department Name: Mathematics

Abstract

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Description We demonstrated that effectively using new supercomputers for simulation work requires changes to numerical discretisations and solver algorithms tailored to the characteristics of each new system. This is in contrast to the prevailing assumption that moving to a new class of supercomputer is primarily a question of porting existing algorithms.
Exploitation Route The output of this work is embodied in the Firedrake simulation software which is employed by hundreds of research groups, public sector research establishments and companies world wide. This enables sophisticated numerical simulations of physical systems to be conducted much more efficiently than is possible with more conventional software.
Sectors Electronics

Energy

Environment

Manufacturing

including Industrial Biotechology

URL https://www.firedrakeproject.org
 
Description The Firedrake developments undertaken in this award have been taken up by two public sector research establishments: the Met Office and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. In each case, Firedrake is being used for rapid prototyping of high performance, numerically sophisticated simulation tools. Firedrake offers scientists at the agencies a level of productivity and flexibility that is not possible with the tools those agencies currently employ.
First Year Of Impact 2022
Sector Energy,Environment
Impact Types Economic

Policy & public services

 
Title Firedrake 
Description Firedrake is an automated system for the portable solution of partial differential equations using the finite element method (FEM). Firedrake enables users to employ a wide range of discretisations to an infinite variety of PDEs and employ either conventional CPUs or GPUs to obtain the solution. 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2013 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact Firedrake is a principle test platform for the development of Gung Ho, the future UK Met Office dynamical core. 
URL http://www.firedrakeproject.org/