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Symbolically generated GPU-based LBM

Experimental generation of OpenCL kernels using SymPy, Mako and PyOpenCL.

  • Implements a straight forward AB pattern
  • All memory offsets are statically resolved
  • Underlying symbolic formulation is optimized using CSE
  • Characteristic constants of D2Q9 and D3Q27 are transparently recovered using only discrete velocities

Performance

Theoretical maximum performance on tested hardware:

GPU Bandwidth D2Q9   D3Q19   D3Q27  
    single double single double single double
K2200 63.2 GiB/s 893 459 435 220 308 156
P100 512.6 GiB/s 7242 3719 3528 1787 2502 1262

Maximum measured performance...

GPU D2Q9   D3Q19   D3Q27  
  single double single double single double
K2200 843.4 326.4 423.2 163.8 303.0 116.0
P100 6957.4 3585.0 3420.2 1763.8 2374.6 1259.6

...relative to theoretical maximum

GPU D2Q9   D3Q19   D3Q27  
  single double single double single double
K2200 94.4% 71.1% 97.3% 74.5% 98.4% 74.4%
P100 96.1% 96.4% 96.9% 98.7% 94.9% 99.8%

CSE impact on P100

CSE D2Q9   D3Q19   D3Q27  
  single double single double single double
No 6957.4 2814.4 2581.8 998.8 1576.4 647.4
Yes 6922.4 3585.0 3420.2 1763.8 2374.6 1259.6
CSE D2Q9   D3Q19   D3Q27  
  single double single double single double
No 96.1% 75.7% 73.2% 55.9% 63.0% 51.3%
Yes 95.6% 96.4% 96.9% 98.7% 94.9% 99.8%

For more details see the results/ and notebook/ directories.

Visualization

Various real-time visualizations using OpenCL GL-interop are provided, e.g:

Lid driven cavity

Particles around a ball

Volumetric rendering

2d stream lines

Volumetric curl

Some fun fake fire:

Trugfeuer