November 5-6 Prototype Mini Workshops on Cray X1

Nov. 5:
Introduction to Cray X1				Bldg. 6008
These sessions are NDA for ORNL employees and contractors only.
8:00 -	8:45	AM	Architecture overview (Jim Schwarzmeier, Cray)
9:00 -	10:30	AM	Application tuning (Nathan Wichmann, Cray)
10:45 -	11:30	AM	Performance (John Levesque, Cray)
Application-specific workshops				Bldg. 6025-8N
For each session, we will identify 2-3 target applications for the initial evaluation. For each of those, we do the following: Describe phases of computation that dominate runtime Discuss performance issues associated with these phases Develop an action plan for porting and tuning the application
1:00 -	3:00	PM	Fusion
3:00 -	5:00	PM	Astrophysics
Nov. 6:
8:00 -	10:00	AM	Materials
10:00 -	Noon		Chemistry
1:00 -	3:00	PM	Biology
3:00 -	5:00	PM	Climate
Reception for attendees, 7-9 p.m.				Garden Plaza
Nov. 7:
Tutorial at 4500N Wigner