GPU coprocessors as a service for deep learning inference in high energy physics

Understand

In the next decade, the demands for computing in large scientific experiments are expected to grow tremendously.

• During the same time period, CPU performance increases will be limited.
• At the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC), these two issues will confront one another as the collider is upgraded for high luminosity running.
• Alternative processors such as graphics processing units (GPUs) can resolve this confrontation provided that algorithms can be sufficiently accelerated.