PGI OpenACC 14.7 Available

Release 14.7 of the PGI compiler is now available for download.

PGI Accelerator Features and Enhancements

• Support for CUDA managed data in CUDA Fortran
• Expanded OpenACC C++ Support
• Expanded OpenACC Features
  • C global (extern) variables in OpenACC declare directives
  • Fortran module variables in OpenACC declare directives
  • Full support for the atomic directive
  • Support for the wait clause on OpenACC directives
  • Support for the async clause on the wait directive
  • Improved handling of missing CUDA toolkit versions
• ​Improved accelerator code generation for nested loops
• Support for debugging module scope variable in CUDA Fortran

New Language Features

• First version to include support for g++ 4.8 compatibility
• New g++ compatibility features in pgc++
• New F90 pointer optimizations

Other Features and Enhancements

• CPU code vectorization enhancements
• Support for environment modules in OS X
• New silent installation option for Linux