Re: [AMBER] CUDA-SPFP code and Hardware Version 1.3?

From: Jason Swails <jason.swails.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 08:07:08 -0400

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 6:58 AM, Thomas Zeiser <
thomas.zeiser.rrze.uni-erlangen.de> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> according to the web page, NVidia GPUs with Hardware Version 1.3
> should only support SPDP (and DPDP) but not the new SPFP mode.
>
> However, if a SPFP binary is run on a M1060 card which is supposed
> to be HW-1.3, pmemd.cuda does not abort. (At least not for
> Cellulose NPT).
>
> What does that mean?
> (1) SPFP is supported on HW-1.3, or
> (2) there is a bug in pmemd.cuda not aborting if SPFP is detected
> on HW-1.3, or
> (3) pmemd.cuda automatically switches (at runtime) to correct a non-SPFP
> branch for HW-1.3 despite being compiled with default options
> and mentioning SPFP
> (4) SPFP is only used in parts which are not relevant for Cellulose
> NPT, thus, everything is o.k. for this specific case
>

Do the SPFP tests pass with the 1.3 card?


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Jason M. Swails
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University of Florida
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