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Parallel graph component labelling with GPUs and CUDA

Hawick, K. A.; Leist, A.; Playne, D. P.

Authors

K. A. Hawick

A. Leist

D. P. Playne



Abstract

Graph component labelling, which is a subset of the general graph colouring problem, is a computationally expensive operation that is of importance in many applications and simulations. A number of data-parallel algorithmic variations to the component labelling problem are possible and we explore their use with general purpose graphical processing units (GPGPUs) and with the CUDA GPU programming language. We discuss implementation issues and performance results on GPUs using CUDA. We present results for regular mesh graphs as well as arbitrary structured and topical graphs such as small-world and scale-free structures. We show how different algorithmic variations can be used to best effect depending upon the cluster structure of the graph being labelled and consider how features of the GPU architectures and host CPUs can be combined to best effect into a cluster component labelling algorithm for use in high performance simulations. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Citation

Hawick, K. A., Leist, A., & Playne, D. P. (2010). Parallel graph component labelling with GPUs and CUDA. Parallel Computing, 36(12), 655-678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parco.2010.07.002

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 21, 2010
Online Publication Date Aug 10, 2010
Publication Date Dec 1, 2010
Deposit Date Nov 13, 2014
Journal Parallel Computing
Print ISSN 0167-8191
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 36
Issue 12
Pages 655-678
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parco.2010.07.002
Keywords REF 2014 submission!
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/470714
Publisher URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167819110001055?via%3Dihub