{"id":8271,"date":"2014-02-17T23:17:51","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T22:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=8271"},"modified":"2014-02-17T23:17:51","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T22:17:51","slug":"pgi-2014-adds-openacc-2-0-features-for-nvidia-and-amd-gpu-accelerators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/8271-pgi-2014-adds-openacc-2-0-features-for-nvidia-and-amd-gpu-accelerators\/","title":{"rendered":"<span class=\"caps\">PGI<\/span> 2014 Adds OpenACC 2.0 Features for <span class=\"caps\">NVIDIA<\/span> and <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">GPU<\/span> Accelerators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"caps\">SANTA<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">CLARA<\/span>, Calif., Feb. 14 \u2013&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">PGI<\/span>, a lea\u00adding suite of high-per\u00adfor\u00admance par\u00adal\u00adle\u00adli\u00adzing com\u00adpi\u00adlers and deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment tools, now fea\u00adtures sup\u00adport for the latest ver\u00adsi\u00adon of the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.nvidia.com\/openacc#source=pr\">Open\u00adACC pro\u00adgramming stan\u00addard<\/a> on acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Available today, <span class=\"caps\">PGI<\/span> 2014 Com\u00adpi\u00adlers and Tools includes new capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties for pro\u00adgramming the recent\u00adly announ\u00adced <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/object\/tesla-servers.html#source=pr\"><span class=\"caps\">NVIDIA<\/span> Tes\u00adla <span class=\"caps\">K40<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">GPU<\/span> acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors<\/a> using ver\u00adsi\u00adon 2.0 fea\u00adtures of the Open\u00adACC direc\u00adti\u00adves-based par\u00adal\u00adlel pro\u00adgramming spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon. It also pro\u00advi\u00addes, for the first time, Open\u00adACC sup\u00adport for <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon GPUs and&nbsp;APUs.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>We applaud <span class=\"caps\">PGI<\/span>\u2019s abili\u00adty to extra\u00adct per\u00adfor\u00admance from <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> dis\u00adcrete GPUs and APUs using Open\u00adACC,\u201d said Suresh Gopa\u00adl\u00ada\u00adkrish\u00adn\u00adan, cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger of the Ser\u00adver busi\u00adness at <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>. \u201cIt will help break down the remai\u00adning bar\u00adriers to wide-sca\u00adle acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor adop\u00adti\u00adon, and decou\u00adple the choice of acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor pro\u00adgramming model from the choice of acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor hardware.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Key fea\u00adtures of <span class=\"caps\">PGI<\/span> 2014 Com\u00adpi\u00adlers and Tools include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Open\u00adACC 2.0 Fea\u00adtures<\/b> \u2013 <span class=\"caps\">PGI<\/span> Acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor nati\u00adve For\u00adtran 2003, <span class=\"caps\">C99<\/span> and C++ com\u00adpi\u00adlers expand sup\u00adport for key Open\u00adACC 2.0 fea\u00adtures, inclu\u00adding rou\u00adti\u00adne direc\u00adti\u00adve (pro\u00adce\u00addu\u00adre calls in acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor regi\u00adons), unstruc\u00adtu\u00adred data life\u00adti\u00admes and others.<\/li>\n<li><b>New <span class=\"caps\">NVIDIA<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">CUDA<\/span> For\u00adtran Exten\u00adsi\u00adons<\/b> \u2013 Add sup\u00adport for ver\u00adsi\u00adon 5.5 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/object\/cuda_home_new.html#source=pr\"><span class=\"caps\">NVIDIA<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">CUDA<\/span> par\u00adal\u00adlel pro\u00adgramming plat\u00adform<\/a>, <span class=\"caps\">CUDA<\/span> ato\u00admic func\u00adtions and device-side debug\u00adging using Alli\u00adnea <span class=\"caps\">DTT<\/span> and Total\u00adView from Rogue&nbsp;Wave.<\/li>\n<li><b>Free <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgroup.com\/products\/macpgi.htm#source=PR\"><b><span class=\"caps\">PGI<\/span> for <span class=\"caps\">OS<\/span> X<\/b><\/a> \u2013 For\u00adtran 2003 and <span class=\"caps\">C99<\/span> com\u00adpi\u00adlers with all <span class=\"caps\">PGI<\/span> mul\u00adti-core x64 opti\u00admiza\u00adti\u00adons, com\u00admand-line debug\u00adging and stream\u00adli\u00adned online docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon (available in Febru\u00adary).<b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">PGI<\/span> 2014 com\u00adpi\u00adlers deli\u00adver an avera\u00adge of 75 per\u00adcent fas\u00adter per\u00adfor\u00admance on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgroup.com\/benchmark\/specomp\/pgi.htm#source=pr\">latest <span class=\"caps\">SPEC<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">OMP2012<\/span> bench\u00admark suite<\/a>, com\u00adpared to <span class=\"caps\">GCC<\/span> using the latest AVX-enab\u00adled mul\u00adti-core Intel and <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> x64 pro\u00adces\u00adsors. Addi\u00adtio\u00adnal capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties of <span class=\"caps\">PGI<\/span> 2014 Com\u00adpi\u00adlers and Tools include full For\u00adtran 2003 sup\u00adport, incre\u00admen\u00adtal For\u00adtran 2008 fea\u00adtures, updated libra\u00adri\u00ades, sup\u00adport for the latest ope\u00adra\u00adting sys\u00adtems and a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adve suite of new and updated code examp\u00adles and tutorials.<\/p>\n<p>For a com\u00adple\u00adte list of the fea\u00adtures and capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties of <span class=\"caps\">PGI<\/span> 2014 Com\u00adpi\u00adlers and Tools, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgroup.com\/support\/new_rel.htm#source=pr\">http:\/\/www.pgroup.com\/support\/new_rel.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>The use of acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors in high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting is now main\u00adstream,\u201d said Dou\u00adglas Miles, direc\u00adtor of <span class=\"caps\">PGI<\/span> Soft\u00adware at <span class=\"caps\">NVIDIA<\/span>. \u201cWith <span class=\"caps\">PGI<\/span> 2014, we are taking ano\u00adther big step toward our goal of pro\u00advi\u00adding plat\u00adform-inde\u00adpen\u00addent, mul\u00adti-core and acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor pro\u00adgramming tools that deli\u00adver out\u00adstan\u00adding per\u00adfor\u00admance on mul\u00adti\u00adple plat\u00adforms wit\u00adhout the need for exten\u00adsi\u00adve, device-spe\u00adci\u00adfic tuning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">PGI<\/span> 2014 is available today direct\u00adly from <span class=\"caps\">NVIDIA<\/span> and aut\u00adho\u00adri\u00adzed resel\u00adlers. A free 30-day tri\u00adal of <span class=\"caps\">PGI<\/span> 2014 is available for new users at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgroup.com\/support\/trial.htm#source=pr\">www.pgroup.com<\/a>. Regis\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon is required.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><b>About <span class=\"caps\">PGI<\/span> Software&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">An <span class=\"caps\">NVIDIA<\/span> Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon brand, <span class=\"caps\">PGI<\/span> Soft\u00adware includes high-per\u00adfor\u00admance par\u00adal\u00adlel For\u00adtran, C and C++ com\u00adpi\u00adlers and tools for work\u00adsta\u00adtions, ser\u00advers and clus\u00adters based on x64 pro\u00adces\u00adsors from Intel and <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>, and <span class=\"caps\">HPC<\/span> acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors from <span class=\"caps\">NVIDIA<\/span> and <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>. More infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgroup.com\/support\/trial.htm#source=pr\">www.pgroup.com<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:sales@pgroup.com\">sales@pgroup.com<\/a> or by cal\u00adling (503) 682\u20112806.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><b>About <span class=\"caps\">NVIDIA<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Sin\u00adce 1993, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/#source=pr\"><span class=\"caps\">NVIDIA<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;has pio\u00adnee\u00adred the art and sci\u00adence of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/object\/visual-computing.html#source=pr\">visu\u00adal com\u00adpu\u00adting<\/a>. The company\u2019s tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies are trans\u00adforming a world of dis\u00adplays into a world of inter\u00adac\u00adti\u00adve dis\u00adco\u00advery \u2014 for ever\u00adyo\u00adne from gamers to sci\u00aden\u00adtists, and con\u00adsu\u00admers to enter\u00adpri\u00adse cus\u00adto\u00admers. More infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon at <a href=\"http:\/\/nvidianews.nvidia.com\/#source=pr\">http:\/\/nvidianews.nvidia.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nvidia.com\/#source=pr\">http:\/\/blogs.nvidia.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"caps\">SANTA<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">CLARA<\/span>, Calif., Feb. 14 \u2013 <span class=\"caps\">PGI<\/span>, a lea\u00adding suite of high-per\u00adfor\u00admance par\u00adal\u00adle\u00adli\u00adzing com\u00adpi\u00adlers and deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment tools, now fea\u00adtures sup\u00adport for the latest ver\u00adsi\u00adon of the Open\u00adACC pro\u00adgramming stan\u00addard on acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor plat\u00adforms. 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