sv7: Blazing Visualization on a Commodity Cluster 9/18/2018 sv7: Blazing Visualization on a Commodity Cluster Byron Alcorn Senior Engineer Workstation Global Business Unit Personal Systems Group HP template

hp workstations – competitive advantage 9/18/2018 hp workstations – competitive advantage systems designed and certified for technical/professional users complete portfolio of IA-32, Itanium, and PA-RISC based workstations choice of O/S including hp-ux, Linux, and Windows partnerships and certification with leading software vendors hp leadership graphics program HP’s renowned stability, reliability manageability and global support sv7 sv6 9/18/2018 Hot3D 2003 - HP Visualization Center sv7 HP template

Workstation’s Graphics Strategy 9/18/2018 Workstation’s Graphics Strategy deliver leadership performance / functionality on HP workstation platforms into the future (Pentium/Xeon, PA-RISC, Intel Itanium architecture) deliver breakthrough scalable performance for largest visualization challenges (styling, virtual prototyping, scientific visualization, ...) sv7 9/18/2018 Hot3D 2003 - HP Visualization Center sv7 HP template

scalable visualization portfolio 9/18/2018 scalable visualization portfolio Dataset Size, Performance, Features Scientific R&D Life/Material Sciences CAE Geo-science/O & G Sepia Research Scientific R&D Oil & Gas Vis Sim middleware enabled clusters Manfg: Styling & Design Review CAE sv6 sv7 Application Transparency All Markets Custom / Middleware Enabled Applications multi-channel workstations Single System POWERwall Broadest Set of Applications Serial Apps App Transparent Display List Limited Parallelization Full Parallelization Serial Apps 9/18/2018 Hot3D 2003 - HP Visualization Center sv7 HP template

hp visualization center sv6 / sv7 Capabilities 9/18/2018 hp visualization center sv6 / sv7 Capabilities sv6 9/18/2018 Hot3D 2003 - HP Visualization Center sv7 HP template

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hp visualization center sv6 / sv7 Capabilities 9/18/2018 hp visualization center sv6 / sv7 Capabilities screen subdivided into regions each pipe renders only what is visible in its region of the screen resultant image is seamlessly recomposited scalable from 4-way to 16-way + scalable in performance, image quality, and resolution sv6 9/18/2018 Hot3D 2003 - HP Visualization Center sv7 HP template

hp visualization center sv6 / sv7 performance scaling 9/18/2018 hp visualization center sv6 / sv7 performance scaling screen subdivided into regions each pipe renders only what is visible in its region of the screen resultant image is seamlessly recomposited scalable from 4-way to 16-way + scalable in performance, image quality, and resolution seamless integration of 2d and 3d providing an environment that makes sv6 and sv7 transparent to the application sv6 9/18/2018 Hot3D 2003 - HP Visualization Center sv7 HP template

hp visualization center sv6 / sv7 image quality scaling 9/18/2018 20,480 pixel samples 8,192 per display channel compositor blends samples to target resolution of the display 1280 pixels per display 1024 pixels sv7 builds on the native resolution of the graphics card 16 samples per card x 4 or 8 wkst per channel 64 – 128 samples per pixel 9/18/2018 Hot3D 2003 - HP Visualization Center sv7 HP template

Hot3D 2003 - HP Visualization Center sv7 9/18/2018 hp visualization center sv6 / sv7 virtually unlimited resolution scaling N x M resolution scaling edge blended (seamless) edge matched window paned sv6: 1 – 16; sv7: 1 – 8 render nodes per display channel performance scaling image quality scaling Genlock synch active or passive stereo                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    9/18/2018 Hot3D 2003 - HP Visualization Center sv7 HP template

Hot3D 2003 - HP Visualization Center sv7 9/18/2018 sv7 solution Based on commodity components All components paced with innovation rate of the industry Upgrades easily supported hp-ux application master provides upgrade for sv6 installed base Architecture pre-enabled for non hp-ux application masters (eg. Linux, Windows) Application Master hp-ux/PA Rendering Node Pentium/Xeon Linux Rendering Node Pentium/Xeon Linux Displays Compositor 9/18/2018 Hot3D 2003 - HP Visualization Center sv7 HP template

Hot3D 2003 - HP Visualization Center sv7 9/18/2018 sv7 hardware Parallel DVI rendering nodes 2D master node Compositor firmware supports “no sync” option Graphics cards are not synchronized Application frame rate is limited to the video rate Compositor can support sync’d graphics cards (eg. HP FX-10, NVIDIA FX 3000G) and remove the application frame rate limitation Digital Compositor xw8000 render nodes NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 J6750 appl master 1Gbit interconnect 9/18/2018 Hot3D 2003 - HP Visualization Center sv7 HP template

sv7 multi-threaded software architecture master node 9/18/2018 sv7 multi-threaded software architecture master node libSvGL – client side library: replaces the vendors OpenGL setpipes GUI: dynamic configuration of the rendering nodes svcd – control daemon: manages the other sv threads svdb – database: stores sv specific information, queried by other threads tpt – transport: reliable udp multicast for efficient data transfers svsp – render node configuration control svsc – render node control: configure and manage render node processes eg. X svcc – compositor control compositor – firmware supports compositing modes svcd svdb setpipes GUI user tpt application svsp xlib libSvGL svsc sv sub-system svcc compositor slsdx Xhp slave Xhp master – master X server Xhp slave – 2D slave X server (desktop rendered) slsd – single logical screen distributed: supports a distributed desktop over multiple workstations windowing sub-system Xhp master 9/18/2018 Hot3D 2003 - HP Visualization Center sv7 HP template

sv7 multi-threaded software architecture render node 9/18/2018 sv7 multi-threaded software architecture render node svdb svcd svdb – database: can store render node specific information locally or query the master tpt – transport: receiver for render packets using udp multicast, manages connections to the master ogldsv – slave side rendering thread, one per 3d context slsdx – single logical screen distributed: supports the X interface required by ogldsv so that window creates, moves, and resizes work correctly Xfree86 is unmodified OEM libGL is unmodified tpt sv sub-system ogldsv svsc oem libGL windowing sub-system slsdx Xfree86 9/18/2018 Hot3D 2003 - HP Visualization Center sv7 HP template

sv7 software communication paths 9/18/2018 sv7 software communication paths Master Node Render Node svcd svdb svdb svcd setpipes GUI user tpt tpt application svsp ogldsv xlib libSvGL svsc svsc svcc oem libGL compositor Multi-threaded solution Object oriented components Blazing performance slsdx slsdx Xhp slave Xfree86 slave Xhp master sv sub-system windowing sub-system 9/18/2018 Hot3D 2003 - HP Visualization Center sv7 HP template

sv7 performance comparison 9/18/2018 sv7 performance comparison Application 1 Application 2 sv7 numbers are for 4 render nodes per display channel July numbers are measured October numbers are estimates sv6 entry sv7 July sv7 Oct sv6 entry sv7 July sv7 Oct 9/18/2018 Hot3D 2003 - HP Visualization Center sv7 HP template

Hot3D 2003 - HP Visualization Center sv7 9/18/2018 conclusion Using high performance commodity components as building blocks we have the ability to ride the innovation rate of the industry Faster time to market than a full custom solution Lower costs due to the volumes of the base platform sv7 allows the user to choose the axis of scalability Performance Image quality Resolution All applications run on the cluster transparent to user and the application Our flexible architecture; both hardware and software will allow us to quickly adapt to the changing needs of our customer base 9/18/2018 Hot3D 2003 - HP Visualization Center sv7 HP template

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