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PGAS Programming with UPC and Fortran Coarrays

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•19/12/2012Why do Languages Survive or Die?• It is not always entirely clear why some languages <strong>and</strong>approaches thrive while others fade away…• However, languages which survive do have a number ofcommon characteristics– Appropriate model for current hardware– Good portability– Ease of use– Applicable to a broad range of problems– Strong engagement from both vendors <strong>and</strong> user communities– Efficient implementations availableParallel <strong>Programming</strong> Languages 29Summary• Development of portable st<strong>and</strong>ards have been essential foruptake of new parallel programming ideas• Mainstream HPC is currently based on MPI <strong>and</strong> OpenMP– However, there are alternatives• Exascale challenges have injected new life into developmentof novel parallel programming languages <strong>and</strong> approaches• The remainder of this course focuses on <strong>PGAS</strong> languages<strong>and</strong> programming GPGPUs– Plus lectures on data parallel programming <strong>and</strong> single-sidedcommunicationParallel <strong>Programming</strong> Languages 30•15

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