RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 On the development of high-performance, multi-GPU applications on heterogeneous systems leveraging SYCL
A1 Andújar Muñoz, Francisco José
A1 Carratalá Sáez, Rocío
A1 Torres de la Sierra, Yuri
A1 González Escribano, Arturo
A1 Llanos Ferraris, Diego Rafael
K1 Informática
K1 SYCL; CUDA; HIP; Finite Time Lyapunov Exponent; Performance evaluation; Development effort
K1 1203 Ciencia de Los Ordenadores
K1 3304 Tecnología de Los Ordenadores
AB Computational platforms for high-performance scientific applications are increasingly heterogeneous, incorporating multiple GPU accelerators. However, differences in GPU vendors, architectures, and programming models challenge performance portability and ease of development. SYCL provides a unified programming approach, enabling applications to target NVIDIA and AMD GPUs simultaneously while offering higher-level abstractions for data and task management. This paper evaluates SYCL’s performance and development effort using the Finite Time Lyapunov Exponent (FTLE) calculation as a case study. We compare SYCL’s AdaptiveCpp (Ahead-Of-Time and Just-In-Time) and Intel oneAPI compilers, along with different data management strategies (Unified Shared Memory and buffers), against equivalent CUDA and HIP implementations. Our analysis considers single and multi-GPU execution, including heterogeneous setups with GPUs from different vendors. Results show that, while SYCL introduces additional development effort compared to native CUDA and HIP implementations, it enables multi-vendor portability with minimal performance overhead when using specific design options. Based on our findings, we provide development guidelines to help programmers decide when to use SYCL versus vendor-specific alternatives.
PB Elsevier
SN 0743-7315
YR 2026
FD 2026
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/79376
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/79376
LA eng
NO Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing Volume 207, January 2026, 105188
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 12-ene-2026