Speeding up lattice QCD simulation on Arm architectures with multigrid algorithm

Abstract

Abstract Lattice quantum chromodynamics (lattice QCD) is the non-perturbative definition of the QCD theory from first principle and can be systematically improved. Meanwhile, it is one of the most important high performance computing application in high energy physics. The physics research of lattice QCD benefited enormously from the development of computer hardware and algorithms, and particle physicists can now study strong interaction at physical pion mass, smaller lattice spacing and larger volume. On the other hand, with the emerging of supercomputers and clusters based on Arm architectures, it is necessary to implement the algorithms and conduct the simulations on these machines to maximize the utilization of the limited computing resources. In this paper, we implemented and ported the multigrid (MG) algorithm, the state of the art algorithm to solve the sparse linear Dirac equation Dx = b on the lattice for clover fermion on a cluster with Arm based processors.