Saturday, March 15, 2014

Intel MIC Opens New Frontiers of Performance

(as by Intel)

The techniques used in CloverLeaf, a small benchmark that solves two-dimensional, compressible Euler equations on a staggered Cartesian grid, are similar to what might be used to simulate the effect of a meteor impacting the Earth’s atmosphere, says the author of the free software. And recreating the application using Intel’s Many Integrated Core (MIC) technology has resulted in an out-of-this world performance boost.

(Read my complete article at Go Parallel)

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