Register to attend a webinar about accelerating Python programs using the integrated GPU on AMD Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) using Numba, an open source just-in-time compiler, to generate faster code, all with pure Python. This webinar will be presented by Stanley Seibert from Continuum Analytics, the creators of the Numba project. This webinar is tailored to an … [Read more...]
AMD to Support CUDA Compatibility in 2016
TechEnablment spoke with the AMD engineers at SC15 about the HIP (Heterogeneous-compute Interface for Portability) tool for porting CUDA-based applications to a common C++ programming model that can run on AMD FirePro™ graphics processing units (GPUs). AMD demonstrated the potential for HIP by running the CUDA-generated Rodinia benchmark suite on AMD GPUs. The tagline is "It's … [Read more...]
Microsoft Releases Visual Studio Editor for Win, Linux, and Mac on Github
Microsoft has released the source-code for the Visual Studio Editor on github with versions for Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX under the MIT license. This is Microsoft's first cross platform development environment. This is a free, cross platform, lightweight editor from Microsoft. The latest version supports plug-ins. Setup instructions for all platforms can be found … [Read more...]
NVIDIA’s CEO Cuts to the Chase at SC15 about Accelerated Computing and Deep-learning
NVidia's President and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang gave a short but very clear presentation in the NVidia booth at Supercomputing 2015 about accelerated computing and the impact of deep-learning. In short, look for HPC dominance and a technology transfer that will replace the browser and drive your car. "Moore's Law is utterly irrelevant" Huang said. With over $10 billion of … [Read more...]
SC15 – Accelerator Use in World’s Top Supercomputers
NVIDIA notes more than 100 accelerated systems now on TOP500 list TOP500 Highlights: One-third of FLOPS now powered by accelerators NVIDIA Tesla GPUs sweep 23 of 24 new accelerated supercomputers Tesla supercomputers growing at 48% CAGR over past five years AUSTIN, Texas—SC15—Nov. 16, 2015—Today’s list of the world’s TOP500 supercomputers shows the extent to which … [Read more...]
Opening Your Computer’s Mind – Google and Microsoft Open-Source Deep-Learning Software
Both Google and Microsoft have made open-source deep-learning toolkits available for download. TechEnablement.com also has a github repository containing our machine-learning teaching code that achieved 13 PF/s average sustained performance on the ORNL Titan supercomputer. Google's TensorFlow™ is an open source software library for numerical computation using data flow … [Read more...]
PGI/NVIDIA To Develop LLVM-based Open-Source Fortran Compiler for NNSA and Possibly OpenPower
PGI (The Portland Group) is working with the NNSA to create an open-source Fortran compiler designed to integrate with the widely used LLVM compiler infrastructure. Recently, PGI announced comparable x86 multicore OpenACC performance as compared the the Intel compiler using OpenMP. This move ensure that PGI will have access to the latest and best information about the AVX-512 … [Read more...]
Los Alamos Orders 1000+ Qubit D-Wave 2X Quantum Computer
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is continuing an aggressive program to stretch the limits of current computational technology. LANL is a participant in the NNSA Trinity supercomputer procurement with hardware already installed. In addition, LANL has just announced the purchase of a D-Wave 2X Quantum Computer. The D-Wave 2X system is expected to be installed at Los Alamos … [Read more...]
Pre-order Your $599 Tegra X1 Powered TX1 Developer Kit
NVIDIA is now taking pre-orders for the Tegra X1 powered TX1 development kit at the NVIDIA online store. You can develop OpenACC, CUDA, and OpenCL codes for this 64-bit ARM based system! No word yet on pricing of the actual credit card sized TX1 computer. JETSON TX1 MODULE NVIDIA Maxwell™ GPU with 256 NVIDIA® CUDA® Cores Quad-core ARM® Cortex®-A57 MPCore … [Read more...]
OpenACC Announcements Including PGI Compiler Free to Academics and Students!
OpenACC Standards Group Expands With New Members and Education Organization Extends Developer Momentum Approaching SC 15 While Planning More Hackathons In 2016 BEND, OR-NOVEMBER 9, 2015 – The OpenACC standards group today announced the addition of two new members, recent success stories from OpenACC applications and the schedule for Hackathons and Training Workshops in the … [Read more...]