Fluid Numerics is a specialized firm dedicated to optimizing high-performance computing and artificial intelligence/machine learning applications for modern hardware platforms, including AMD and Nvidia GPUs. By offering expert-led services such as Mentored Sprints and software porting, Fluid Numerics assists teams in accelerating workflows, reducing costs, and achieving significant advancements in scientific and engineering simulations. With extensive experience in designing and deploying cloud solutions, as well as managing on-premise HPC systems, Fluid Numerics provides tailored solutions to meet diverse computational needs.
Key Features and Functionality:
- Training & Education: Offers remote and in-person training in high-performance GPU programming, including courses like "Portable GPU Programming in Fortran with HIPFort" and "Portable GPU Programming in C/C++ with HIP."
- Fortran Software Modernization: Specializes in updating and optimizing legacy Fortran codebases to meet current HPC and GPU-accelerated demands, ensuring efficiency and scalability.
- Consulting Services: Provides expertise in Linux system administration, HPC, cloud computing, GPU programming, and computational physics, offering guidance through software development, porting, and optimization.
- Software Development: Develops scientific software in languages such as C/C++, Fortran, Python, and Julia, utilizing parallel programming paradigms like MPI, OpenMP, OpenACC, CUDA, HIP, and PyTorch.
- Mentored Sprints: Conducts intensive 8-week programs to help teams port and optimize software for new systems, including GPUs, culminating in comprehensive progress reports and lessons learned.
- Fully Managed Slurm-GCP Cluster: Offers custom-designed, fully managed Slurm clusters on Google Cloud, tailored to specific HPC and AI/ML workload requirements, including deployment, management, and research software engineer support.
Primary Value and Solutions Provided:
Fluid Numerics addresses the challenges organizations face in adapting their HPC and AI/ML applications to modern hardware architectures. By providing comprehensive services—from training and consulting to software development and managed cloud solutions—the company enables clients to:
- Enhance application performance and efficiency on cutting-edge hardware.
- Accelerate the transition to GPU-accelerated computing environments.
- Optimize computational workflows to reduce operational costs.
- Ensure scalability and maintainability of scientific software applications.
Through its expertise and tailored solutions, Fluid Numerics empowers organizations to achieve breakthrough results in scientific and engineering simulations, facilitating innovation and competitive advantage in their respective fields.