Presentation

DescriptionFPGA-Centric Clusters (FCCs) co-locate computation and communication to potentially yield unmatched scalability for HPC applications. FCCs have made inroads in certain domains—cloud, finance, bioinformatics, oil & gas, etc.—and are the object of much academic research with more than a dozen major efforts under way. However, nearly all aspects of building FCC systems are still ad hoc. In this BoF, leading researchers from industry, government, and academia will present the state-of-the-art in applications, architecture, programming productivity, and communication targeting FCCs. Discussion will aim at determining best practices and creating a roadmap towards future FCC-enable supercomputing. Audience participation is highly encouraged.