Category Archives: OpenACC

OpenMP 4.0 RC2 has been released

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

In addition to the new features already present in release candidate one (RC1), the second draft of the next OpenMP specification release contains the following additions (quoted from openmp.org): Initial accelerators support: Device Data Environments (p16), target constructs (p68: target, target data, target … Continue reading →

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OpenMP 4.0 RC2 is well on it’s way

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

Long time no blog post. But I have good news to share today: Yesterday the OpenMP Language Committee (LC) hold the final votes on a set of tickets (read: extensions or corrections) to find their way into OpenMP 4.0 RC2, … Continue reading →

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OpenMP 4.0 RC1 and the Accelerator TR available

Posted on November 14, 2012 by

Quoting from openmp.org: OpenMP, the de-facto standard for parallel programming on shared memory systems, continues to extend its reach beyond pure HPC to include embedded systems, real time systems, and accelerators. Release Candidate 1 of the OpenMP 4.0 API specifications … Continue reading →

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Expect big OpenMP 4.0 news for SC12

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

Expect big news on OpenMP 4.0 for next week’s SC12. The OpenMP Language Committee – responsible for developing the standard – always planned to release the next version of the standard as a draft for public comment in time for … Continue reading →

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A Glimpse at OpenMP for Accelerators (aka OpenACC v2?)

Posted on October 12, 2012 by

During our OpenACC Workshop I contributed a brief talk on the current status of the OpenMP for Accelerators proposal. It caused some interest, because if successful, this proposal will be the de-facto successor of OpenACC, fully integrated into the rest … Continue reading →

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