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HPC Application Energy Profiling for Energy Optimization

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Energy 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
 Program Year/Program:
2011 / STTR
Agency Tracking Number:
95239 		Solicitation Year:
2011 		Solicitation Topic Code:
36 a 		Solicitation Number:
DE-FOA-0000508
Small Business Information
RNET Technologies, Inc.
240 W. Elmwood Dr. Suite 2010 Dayton, OH -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2011
Title: HPC Application Energy Profiling for Energy Optimization
Agency: DOE
Contract: DE-FG02-10ER86463
Award Amount: $700,935.00
 

Abstract:

Energy consumption is quickly becoming one of the primary bottlenecks of compute clusters and supercomputers. The DOE is a primary developer and consumer of these power hungry supercomputers, however smaller cluster machines are also widely used through other government agencies and industries. Yet, there are few power profiling tools that allow application developers transparent insight into the power requirements of their application code. Software tools and APIs will be developed to allow application developers to gather power profiling data from existing power sensors (e.g., IPMI) and to correlate the power information with application methods and kernels. To compliment the power profiling software, additional node sensors will be developed to increase the transparency into the component (e.g., CPU, GPU, and DRAM) power usage. Commercial Applications and Other Benefits: The power reduction benefits would benefit developers and end-users of supercomputing systems in both government agencies and industry. The developers would benefit from reducing application power consumption via the use of the proposed tools, thus increasing the value of their application to end users resulting in a competitive advantage. End users would benefit from the reduced energy costs, reduced building requirements, and the socio-political advantage of touting reduced energy consumption.

Principal Investigator:

Gerald Sabin
Dr.
9374332886
gsabin@rnet-tech.com

Business Contact:

V. Nagarajan
Dr.
9374332886
vnagarajan@rnet-tech.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

Rnet Technologies, Inc.
240 West Elmwood Drive Suite 2010 Dayton, OH 45459-4248

EIN/Tax ID: 200098466
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
Research Institution Information:
The Ohio State University
1960 Kenny Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1063
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