| Author: | Tian, Ye |
| Title: | Investigation on the use of GPGPU for fast sparse matrix factorization |
| Degree: | M.Sc. |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Subject: | Graphics processing units -- Programming. Parallel programming (Computer science) Computer algorithms. Hong Kong Polytechnic University -- Dissertations |
| Department: | Department of Electrical Engineering |
| Pages: | v, 70 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | In power system analysis, solution for network equations is frequently encountered. As the system size becomes larger, time consumed in network solution becomes a dominant factor in the overall time cost. One distinct and most important feature of the network admittance matrix is that it is highly sparse. Over the years, different methods have been developed to exploit the sparsity of matrix. LU factorization is a fundamental process in the solution for the network linear equations. One technique to improve the LU factorization time is parallel computation, with which data processing can be divided into different tasks and implemented simultaneously. However, up to now, efficiency of parallel computation algorithm implemented on multi-processor systems is adversely affected by the data communication latency between processors. In this paper, parallel computing power of the contemporary Graphic Processing Units (GPU) is exploited and sparse technique for LU factorization implemented on GPU is designed. Parallel LU factorization algorithm of partitioned matrix is proposed. To better cater for dense data formats suitability of GPU, Cholesky factorization with a supernodal approach is implemented where supernodes are computed on GPU. All algorithms are implemented on the Computer Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) of the NVIDIA GPU. Performance and factors affecting performance are studied and analyzed. Revisions are made to some existing algorithms and new ideas are proposed for future study. |
| Rights: | All rights reserved |
| Access: | restricted access |
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