Category Archives: Benchmarking

Running GPU Benchmarks of HOOMD-blue on a Tesla K40 GPU-Accelerated Cluster

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Eliot Eshelman

This short tutorial explains the usage of the GPU-accelerated HOOMD-blue particle simulation toolkit on our GPU-accelerated HPC cluster. Microway allows you to quickly test your codes on the latest high-performance systems – you are free to upload and run your … Continue reading →

Benchmarking NAMD on a GPU-Accelerated HPC Cluster with NVIDIA Tesla K40

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Eliot Eshelman

This is a tutorial on the usage of GPU-accelerated NAMD for molecular dynamics simulations. We make it simple to test your codes on the latest high-performance systems – you are free to use your own applications on our cluster and … Continue reading →

Running AMBER on a GPU Cluster

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Jan Smith

Welcome to our tutorial on GPU-accelerated AMBER! We make it easy to benchmark your applications and problem sets on the latest hardware. Our GPU Test Drive Cluster provides developers, scientists, academics, and anyone else interested in GPU computing with the … Continue reading →

NVIDIA Tesla K40 “Atlas” GPU Accelerator (Kepler GK110b) Up Close

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Eliot Eshelman

NVIDIA’s latest Tesla accelerator is without a doubt the most powerful GPU available. With almost 3,000 CUDA cores and 12GB GDDR5 memory, it wins in practically every* performance test you’ll see. As with the “Kepler” K20 GPUs, the Tesla K40 … Continue reading →

Achieve the Best Performance: Intel Xeon E5-2600 “Sandy Bridge”

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Eliot Eshelman

Intel has once again done an excellent job designing a high-performance processor. The new Xeon E5-2600 “Sandy Bridge EP” processors run as much as 2.2 times faster than the previous-generation Xeon 5600 “Westmere” processors. Combined with new Xeon server/workstation platforms, … Continue reading →