Directives and Tools for Accelerators: A Seismic Programming Shift

High-level, directive-based programming models have been rapidly gaining traction as a portable, productive means to develop application code for multicore platforms and accelerators. Due to their usability and portability, programming APIs such as OpenMP and OpenACC, are increasingly being adopted as an alternative to lower-level APIs such as CUDA and OpenCL. This workshop focuses on the use of directives to program accelerators, such as NVIDIA/AMD GPUs and coprocessors such as Intel’s Xeon Phi. It will also provide a forum for HPC application developers and technical managers to learn more about these high-level, directive-based programming strategies and their usage. It will also offer an opportunity for users to discuss their experiences and express their needs with respect to such a programming interface.