1. bibbidi N-BObbiDY boo
Magic Acceleration of N-Body Simulation
E. Del Sozzo, M. Rabozzi, M. Nanni, M. D. Santambrogio
emanuele.delsozzo@polimi.it
marco.rabozzi@polimi.it
marco3.nanni@mail.polimi.it
marco.santambrogio@polimi.it
Xilinx Open Hardware 2017 Contest
5. Strengths 5
• Highly energy-efficient, cost-effective implementation
of All-Pairs n-body simulation on FPGA
S W O T
• One algorithm for multiple domains: molecular
dynamics, astronomy, fluid dynamics
6. Weaknesses 6
• Special n-body system configurations allow the usage of
simulation algorithms faster than the All-Pairs one
S W O T
but…
7. Opportunities 7
• Allow data scientists to perform faster simulations
at low cost
S W O T
• Approach extensible to target large physical
systems by leveraging multi-node architectures
• These fast algorithms have All-Pairs
implementation as kernel computation
8. Threats 8
• An increasing demand for high performance n-body
simulation might decrease the cost of ASIC
solutions
S W O T
9. Thanks for your attention 9
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Emanuele Del Sozzo
emanuele.delsozzo@polimi.it
Marco Rabozzi
marco.rabozzi@polimi.it
Marco Nanni
marco3.nanni@mail.polimi.it
Marco D. Santambrogio
marco.santambrogio@polimi.it
@N_BodyAtNECST
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