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Center for Hybrid Multicore Productivity Research (CHMPR)
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of California - San Diego
A National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center since 2009
Research to optimize productivity, performance and scalability of applications of hybrid
multicore processors to meet the needs of industry and government partners.
Center Mission and Rationale
The NSF Center for Multicore Productivity Research (CHMPR) and its affiliated industry and government
partners aim to be the preeminent cooperative research consortium for addressing the productivity,
performance and scalability issues in meeting the insatiable computational demands of its sponsors
applications through the continuous evolution of multicore architectures and open source tools.
Multicore processors have become commodity chips for PC's as well as high-end clusters, yet few applications
effectively take advantage of these architectures. As the number of processors on a single chip is expected
to increase from single digits to triple digits in the next decade, scaling industry and government applications
to grow linearly in performance becomes the defining challenge for the multicore industry. CHMPR's mission is
to advance the computational training of affiliated university students and faculty in multicore technologies;
aggregate best practices for approaches to multicore systems and software development; create forum for active
engagements between industry and academia; provide challenging computational research opportunities to university
faculty in areas of interest to industry and government sponsors; develop and promote fundamental research in the
scalability of multicore processing performance; and offer courses and provide internship opportunities for
students to engage with industry in projects of relevance to the environment, human health, science and our
nation's welfare. The Center was established as an NSF I/UCRC in 2009.
Research Program
The CHMPR research programs draws on the diverse computational science expertise available at the partnering
universities to address industry’s multicore application needs. The specific multicore application objectives
will be focused on the following:
- Performance testing and scaling optimization of compute data intensive modeling and simulation;
- S/W Tool development and algorithmic design for parallel distributed computing;
- Interactive digital media and 3-D graphic environments; and
- Hybrid computing that hosts multicore processors as accelerators.
Facilities and Laboratories:
A multidisciplinary suite of leading research laboratories include:
Center Location and Contacts
Center for Multicore Hybrid Productivity Research (CHMPR)
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
http://mc2.umbc.edu/chmpr (Under construction)
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