Published December 13, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

GPU-Based Tracking Algorithms for the ATLAS High-Level Trigger

  • 1. STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot (United Kingdom)
  • 2. University of Oxford, Oxford (United Kingdom)

Description

Results on the performance and viability of data-parallel algorithms on Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) in the ATLAS Level 2 trigger system are presented. We describe the existing trigger data preparation and track reconstruction algorithms, motivation for their optimization, GPU-parallelized versions of these algorithms, and a "client-server" solution for hybrid CPU/GPU event processing used for integration of the GPU-oriented algorithms into existing ATLAS trigger software. The resulting speed-up of event processing times obtained with high-luminosity simulated data is presented and discussed.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/396/1/012018

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
396
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[9 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
International conference on computing in high energy and nuclear physics 2012
Acronym
CHEP2012
Dates
21-25 May 2012
Place
New York, NY (United States)