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OpenMP Architecture Review Board Releases Technical Report that Addresses Top User RequestsSC17 - The OpenMP® Architecture Review Board (ARB) has released Technical Report 6, the second preview for the future OpenMP API, version 5.0. "Technical Report 6 demonstrates the importance of user feedback to the OpenMP specification," says Bronis R. de Supinski, the Chair of the OpenMP Language Committee. "Users have indicated that several features are vitally important to them, such as multilevel memory support, deep copy, easy access to unified shared memory and a descriptive loop construct. As a result of that feedback, OpenMP 5.0 will include all of these major additions." New Features included in Technical Report 6 Technical Report 6 (TR6) extends Technical Report 4 (TR4), the previous preview of OpenMP 5.0 that was released one year ago. The key features that are added in TR6 include:
Feedback on the Technical Report is solicited TR6 is an important milestone on the path to OpenMP 5.0. Users and implementers are encouraged to provide feedback on the proposed API. Feedback can be posted on the OpenMP Forum. "This technical report provides a preview for the OpenMP community, our users, and the implementers to comment on the features planned for OpenMP 5.0," says Michael Klemm, CEO of the OpenMP ARB. "Version 5.0 will be released in November 2018 and will be a major leap forward to ready the OpenMP programming model for exascale computing." About OpenMP The mission of the OpenMP Architecture Review Board (ARB) is to standardize directive-based multi-language high-level parallelism that is performant, productive and portable. Jointly defined by a group of major computer hardware and software vendors, and users, the OpenMP API is a portable, scalable model that gives parallel programmers a simple and flexible interface for developing parallel applications for platforms ranging from embedded systems and accelerator devices to multicore systems and shared-memory systems. The OpenMP ARB owns the OpenMP brand, oversees the OpenMP specification and produces and approves new versions of the specification. Further information can be found at http://www.openmp.org/. OpenMP® is a registered trademark of the OpenMP Architectural Review Board.
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