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What is the True Cost of Linpack ? James A. Ang , Ph.D. Sandia National Laboratories

SAND2013-3351P. What is the True Cost of Linpack ? James A. Ang , Ph.D. Sandia National Laboratories. Disclaimer: The opinions e xpressed d o not represent Sandia, NNSA/ASC, SC/ASCR, or DOE policy. 1. Assumptions. Leadership class system: C ost: $200M Lifetime: 4 years

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What is the True Cost of Linpack ? James A. Ang , Ph.D. Sandia National Laboratories

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  1. SAND2013-3351P What is the TrueCost of Linpack?James A. Ang, Ph.D.Sandia National Laboratories Disclaimer: The opinions expressed do not represent Sandia, NNSA/ASC, SC/ASCR, or DOE policy 1

  2. Assumptions • Leadership class system: • Cost: $200M • Lifetime: 4 years • Power consumption: 10MW • Cost of one MW-year is $1M • Linpack measurement requires system for a week • To achieve a high fraction of peak requires a large problem size so a typical MP Linpack run takes a day • Multiple runs are made as initial tests are run with “small” problems • Successive tests use larger and larger problem sizes, some of these tests will “fail” – requiring re-runs 2

  3. Cost Estimates • Electricity Cost • One week of usage ≈ [1/50 year] x 10MW = 0.20 MW-year = $0.2M • Amortized CapEx Cost • Opportunity cost associated with one week of usage • One week of dedicated system time is 1/200th of the life of the machine • That week represents 1/200 of the cost of the system or $1M • The cost for one week of time on a new system is > $1M • Staff Cost • One week of how many peoples’ loaded salaries? • How many are working around the clock? • Pizzas, Fried Chicken, Breakfast Burritos, Beer, Ice Cream, etc. 3

  4. The True Cost of Linpack • The fact that MP Linpack has been the Primary Metric for the Supercomputing community has another cost • Because leadership class system architects are motivated by the Top500 list, HPC systems have suffered from distorted priorities that skew system balance • The resulting poor fraction of peak performance for our mission applications is an element of the true cost of Linpack • This cost: Priceless • DOE efforts to define proxy apps that reflect how our real apps use balanced system architectures will help

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