September 2009 HPC User Forum Meeting Notes: HPC Compiler Trends

Abstract

This IDC update documents the 33rd HPC User Forum — which took place at the Omni Interlocken Resort Hotel in Broomfield, Colorado, on September 8–10, 2009 — in near-verbatim form.

The principal tasks of the meeting were to:

• Share information among HPC users, vendors, and IDC for improving the health of the HPC industry
• Continue showcasing instructive examples of HPC leadership and partnerships in government, industry, and academia
• Explore leading-edge trends, developments, and issues in the earth sciences, especially weather and climate
• Discuss the status quo and directions in front-end compiler technology and application scalability
• Deliver IDC' s latest HPC market update and forecast data

Table of Contents

• In This Update
• Technical Panel on HPC Front-End Compiler Requirements and Directions
• Moderators: Robert Singleterry and Vince Scarafino
• Steve Rowan, Convey Computer
• Robert Geva, Intel
• Data Parallelism
• Task Parallelism
• Stefan Mohl, Mitrionics
• Michael McCool, RapidMind
• Desirable Things in the Tools Area
• Robert Meyer, NAG
• Karl Feind, SGI: Highly Parallel Programming Directions
• Steve Teixeira, Microsoft
• Brent Leback, PGI
• Questions from the Audience
• Edward Kornkven, ARSC — Compiler and Tools: User Requirements
• Requirements for HPC Users
• Need #1
• Need #2
• Need #3
• Need #4
• Need #5
• Need #6
• Need #7
• Need #8
• Conclusions
• Learn More
• Related Research