The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) is providing a free overview of intermediate and advanced techniques for using Python in HPC environments. The course material will emphasize well known approaches for improving the performance of Python codes including (1) an overview of when Python can be used on HPC, (2) an overview of Numpy, Cython, Python's C Foreign Function … [Read more...]
PyFR – Python/GPU Combustion Code Shortlisted for Several HPCWire Readers Choice Awards
PyFR, the Python-based GPU accelerated CFD solver PyFR managed by TechEnablement contributor Peter Vincent has been shortlisted for several HPCWire Readers Choice Awards this year: 12. Best HPC Software Product or Technology 18. Best HPC Collaboration Between Academia & Industry 20. Top 5 New Products or Technologies to Watch If you would like to support them, … [Read more...]
Speed Python Numerical Applications by 2x – 120x With HOPE
HOPE is an open source specialized method-at-a-time JIT compiler written in Python. It translates Python source code into C++ and compiles the generated code at runtime to achieve a 2x - 120x performance speedup over interpreted Python code. HOPE is published under the GPLv3 license. It can be downloaded from it's GitHub repository. It was written by Joel Akeret, Lukas Gamper, … [Read more...]