Activity in progress: Porting high priority software to AMD GPUs

Details

• Deep Learning models work natively with NVIDIA hardware.
• Setonix at Pawsey contains a large number of AMD GPUs.
• Models can be made to work with AMD hardware available at Pawsey.
• This ongoing activity is specifically for the identification, prioritisation, and porting of structural biology software from NVIDIA to AMD GPUs.

Completed

• AMD compatible containers for nf-core proteinfold.

In Progress

Future

• Continue to port software to AMD that has been prioritised by the community.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Australian BioCommons and the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre (https://ror.org/04f2f0537). Australian BioCommons receives NCRIS funding through Bioplatforms Australia. Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre receives funding from the Australian Government and the Government of Western Australia.