{"id":13329,"date":"2014-11-18T14:51:17","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T13:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=13329"},"modified":"2014-11-18T14:51:17","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T13:51:17","slug":"amd-and-pathscale-join-the-openacc-standards-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/13329-amd-and-pathscale-join-the-openacc-standards-group\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD<\/span> and PathScale Join the OpenACC Standards Group"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW<\/span> ORLEANS<\/span>, La., Nov. 17 \u2014 The Open\u00adACC stan\u00addards group today announ\u00adced that Advan\u00adced Micro Devices (AMD<\/span>) and PathSca\u00adle, Inc., have joi\u00adn\u00aded the orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adon, alig\u00adning with 18 other mem\u00adbers and sup\u00adport\u00aders world\u00adwi\u00adde to dri\u00adve the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons for acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor-enab\u00adled super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters, clus\u00adters and other high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting (HPC<\/span>) systems.<\/p>\n

Open\u00adACC pro\u00advi\u00addes an effi\u00adci\u00adent and per\u00adfor\u00admance-por\u00adta\u00adble path for deve\u00adlo\u00adping mas\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adly par\u00adal\u00adlel pro\u00adgrams across a wide ran\u00adge of acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors, inclu\u00adding GPUs, many core copro\u00adces\u00adsors and mul\u00adti-core CPUs. By joi\u00adning the Open\u00adACC stan\u00addards group, AMD<\/span> and PathSca\u00adle bring con\u00adsidera\u00adble exper\u00adti\u00adse in high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy and pro\u00adgramming capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties, pro\u00advi\u00adding deve\u00adlo\u00adpers with more diver\u00adsi\u00adty and choice in com\u00adpu\u00adting archi\u00adtec\u00adtures and soft\u00adware tools, and pro\u00admi\u00adsing to extend the reach of Open\u00adACC-sup\u00adport\u00aded solu\u00adti\u00adons to new and exis\u00adting users worldwide.<\/p>\n

Expert Open\u00adACC mem\u00adbers will be on hand at the Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting Con\u00adfe\u00adrence (SC14<\/span>) in New Orleans, Loui\u00adsia\u00adna USA<\/span> this week, to ans\u00adwer Open\u00adACC pro\u00adgramming ques\u00adti\u00adons, dis\u00adcuss the latest deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adments, and pro\u00advi\u00adde tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy demos. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon visit the Open\u00adACC booth (#657) or the Open\u00adACC web\u00adsite: http:\/\/www.openacc.org\/SC14<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Open\u00adACC Sim\u00adpli\u00adfies Appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons Acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon on AMD<\/span> APUs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advan\u00adced Micro Devices is a lea\u00adding mul\u00adti\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor com\u00adpa\u00adny with vast expe\u00adri\u00adence in ener\u00adgy-effi\u00adci\u00adent high-per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting. The Open\u00adACC stan\u00addard helps pro\u00adgramm\u00aders take full advan\u00adta\u00adge of AMD<\/span>\u2019s high-per\u00adfor\u00admance Acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted Pro\u00adces\u00adsing Units (APUs).<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>The HPC<\/span> com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty is dri\u00adving the need for rich hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous com\u00adpu\u00adting solu\u00adti\u00adons to bet\u00adter meet cus\u00adto\u00admer per\u00adfor\u00admance and power needs. With this tran\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon the\u00adre is a strong need for a rich, sim\u00adpli\u00adfied pro\u00adg\u00adra\u00adming model to sup\u00adport new hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and pull in lega\u00adcy C\/C++\/Fortran appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons,\u201c  said Greg Stoner,  seni\u00ador direc\u00adtor of Deve\u00adlo\u00adper Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, Pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal Gra\u00adphics, AMD<\/span>, and new\u00adly appoin\u00adted mem\u00adber of the Open\u00adACC board of direc\u00adtors. \u201cOpen\u00adACC 2.0 via its sin\u00adgle source direc\u00adti\u00adves-based pro\u00adgramming model puts in place a solid foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon to dri\u00adve key bene\u00adfits of a hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous hard\u00adware plat\u00adform. AMD<\/span> is loo\u00adking for\u00adward to working with the Open\u00adACC orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adon to help it to con\u00adti\u00adnue to evol\u00adve this important pro\u00adgramming standard.<\/p>\n

PathSca\u00adle Joins OpenACC<\/strong><\/p>\n

PathSca\u00adle is the deve\u00adlo\u00adper of inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve ENZO<\/span> 2014 com\u00adpi\u00adlers that enhan\u00adce the per\u00adfor\u00admance and ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy of acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted Linux HPC<\/span> clus\u00adters and sys\u00adtems. By sup\u00adport\u00ading the Open\u00adACC stan\u00addard, PathSca\u00adle pro\u00advi\u00addes users with more opti\u00adons and fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty to choo\u00adse the ide\u00adal com\u00adpi\u00adler solu\u00adti\u00adon that fits their indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal needs.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>It is important in any HPC<\/span> deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment envi\u00adron\u00adment to have access to a varie\u00adty of com\u00adpi\u00adlers,\u201d noted Oscar Her\u00adnan\u00addez, prin\u00adci\u00adple inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtor at Oak Ridge Natio\u00adnal Labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry. \u201cSome\u00adti\u00admes one com\u00adpi\u00adler will exhi\u00adbit bet\u00adter per\u00adfor\u00admance on a par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar code than ano\u00adther, or behave in a more desi\u00adra\u00adble way. We ful\u00adly intend to make PathSca\u00adle available to deve\u00adlo\u00adpers crea\u00adting appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons for ORNL<\/span>\u2019s Titan Cray XK7<\/span> supercomputer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Open\u00adACC Events at SC14<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Open\u00adACC mem\u00adbers are par\u00adti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adting in num\u00adber of pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons, talks and dis\u00adcus\u00adsions at SC14<\/span> on the latest deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adments. They will also pro\u00advi\u00adde tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy demons\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adons in a varie\u00adty of mem\u00adber booths, inclu\u00adding demons\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adons of the latest Open\u00adACC fea\u00adtures as deve\u00adlo\u00adped for the next major release of the popu\u00adlar open-source GCC<\/span> compiler.<\/p>\n

For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon about Open\u00adACC demons\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adons and events visit http:\/\/www.openacc.org\/SC14<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Key Open\u00adACC events at SC14<\/span> include:<\/strong><\/p>\n