May, 2022
OpenMP Offload in Applications of the Exascale Computing Project
This blog post describes the strategy used to implement the OpenMP offload functionality in these DoE projects.
Apr, 2022
OpenMP ARB Appoints Jack Dongarra to its Board of Directors
The OpenMP ARB welcomes Jack Dongarra to its Board of Directors. His insights and guidance will greatly benefit the Board.
Nov, 2021
The Pawsey Supercomputer Research Centre joins the OpenMP effort
At Pawsey, we are confident that OpenMP will be instrumental in addressing future portability and scalability challenges.
OpenMP ARB Releases OpenMP 5.2
Version 5.2 refactors the OpenMP specification to improve consistency of its syntax and semantic restrictions.
Oct, 2021
OpenMP API Speeds Up Autonomous Driving Codes
This blog describes how OpenMP has been used to parallelize object detection, motion planning, and visualization modules of the open source Autoware and Apollo software running on embedded systems.
Aug, 2021
OpenMP Examples – Updated with 5.1 Features
OPENMP RESOURCES UPDATE The OpenMP Examples document has been updated with new features found in the OpenMP 5.1 Specification The OpenMP ARB works not only to maintain and promote the OpenMP API, but also [...]
Jul, 2021
OpenMP ARB Releases Technical Report 10
The OpenMP Architecture Review Board (ARB) has released Technical Report 10, the preview for the future version 5.2 of the OpenMP API.
Apr, 2021
CSC Finland Joins the OpenMP Effort
"At CSC, we expect that with the pre-exascale EuroHPC LUMI supercomputer, OpenMP will play an important role in preparing our applications for the heterogeneous architecture and the exascale era." George Markomanolis, Lead HPC Scientist at CSC
Mentor Graphics and the University of Basel join the OpenMP effort
“We are delighted to welcome Mentor and the University of Basel as our newest members”, says Michael Klemm, CEO of the OpenMP ARB, “Both are very active in the open source and scientific community, and underline the relevance of the OpenMP API in the HPC community.”
Nov, 2020
OpenMP ARB releases OpenMP 5.1 with vital usability enhancements
While the primary focus has been enhancements, clarifications and corrections to the 5.0 specification, several useful new features have been added such as support for interoperability with lower level APIs like CUDA and HIP.