Recent Press Releases
Nov, 2012
OpenMP Standard Releases Draft Version 4.0 With Significant New Features
PRESS RELEASE November 13, 2012 - SALT LAKE CITY -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- OpenMP, the de-facto standard for parallel programming on shared memory systems, continues to extend its reach beyond pure HPC to include DSPs, real time systems, and accelerators. The first release candidate of OpenMP 4.0 is being made available [...]
OpenMP at SC12
Join us at Supercomputing 2012 in Salt Lake City, November 10-16. There's a lot going on, and we hope to see you there! REFRESHMENTS AND BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS [OpenMP Booth #2237] Tuesday and Wednesday at 12:30pm until it’s gone : Birthday Cake - Come satisfy your sweet tooth and help us [...]
OpenMP Consortium Releases Technical Report on Directives for Attached Accelerators
Champaign, Illinois - Nov 5, 2012 - The OpenMP Consortium announces the release of a Technical Report detailing directives used for the execution of loops and regions of code on attached accelerators. The directives described in this Technical Report are a work in progress, and the goal of this release [...]
Jun, 2012
Convey Computer, maker of the world’s first hybrid-core computer, joins the OpenMP effort
23 vendors and research organizations now collaborating on developing shared-memory parallel programming model Champaign, Illinois — June 19, 2012 — Convey Computer has joined the OpenMP ARB, a group of leading hardware and software vendors and research organizations creating the standard for the most popular shared-memory parallel programming model in use today. “We’re [...]
Mar, 2012
OpenMP is Being Improved for Accelerators, Multicore and Embedded Systems
OpenMP aims to provide parallel language support for automotive, aeronautics, biotech, and financial applications. CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, March 27, 2012 - OpenMP, the de-facto standard for parallel programming on shared memory systems, continues to extend its reach beyond pure HPC to include embedded systems, multicore and real time systems. A new [...]
Nov, 2011
OpenMP ARB Announces New Members
OpenMP expanding its scope to embedded systems and accelerators OpenMP ARB Announces New Members Seattle, Wash., November 14, 2011 — The OpenMP Architecture Review Board (ARB), a global industry alliance dedicated to developing and promoting the OpenMP API, today announced that three new members joined the consortium this year, bringing [...]