June 16 Webinar: Intro to PGI X64+GPU Fortran & C99 Compilers

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Where Today’s Technology Gurus Converge Learn what’s REALLY happening in today’s hottest technology fields with the IEEE Spectrum Tech Insiders Webinar Series About IEEE Spectrum Online IEEE Spectrum Online is the flagship publication of the IEEE. It is a trusted source for technology innovators, business leaders, and the intellectually curious. Exclusive news stories, Webinars, blogs, and audio podcasts on emerging technologies can also be found on IEEE Spectrum Online. Webinars as per your convenience.... Busy on the day of the live event? Simply Register now and access the webinar when it becomes Available on Demand the following day. We will email you the access details for the recorded webinar. The webinars are available on demand for 12 months after the live event. System Requirements 200 MHz or faster 64 MB RAM minimum/128 MB recommended 16 bit sound card 16 bit color video display card Windows XP/Windows Vista Apple Mac OS X 10.4 Microsoft Windows Player 10 or 11 RealPlayer 10.X Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, Mozilla Firefox 1.5 or later for Windows Click here for more details and to Test Your System	The Brightest Minds Discussing the Biggest Topics PGI X64+GPU FORTRAN & C99 COMPILERS Tuesday, June 16, 2009 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT/ 18:00 GMT (Duration: 1 hour) Until now, C and C++ developers targeting GPU accelerators have had to rely on language extensions to their programs. Use of GPUs from Fortran applications has been extremely limited. x64+GPU programmers have been required to program at a detailed level including a need to understand and specify data usage information and manually construct sequences of calls to manage all movement of data between the x64 host and GPU. Learn how the PGI x64+GPU compilers automatically analyze whole program structure, split portions of the application between the x64 CPU and GPU as specified by user directives; and then generate an optimized mapping of loops to automatically use the parallel cores, hardware threading capabilities and SIMD vector capabilities of modern GPUs. Also in this webinar learn how these compilers will support user directives that give the programmer fine-grained control over the mapping of loops, allocation of memory, and optimization for the GPU memory hierarchy. The PGI compilers generate unified x64+GPU object files and executables that manage all movement of data to and from the GPU device while leveraging all existing host-side utilities—-linker, librarians, makefiles--and require no changes to the existing standard HPC Linux/x64 programming environment. Presenter: Michael Wolfe, Compiler Engineer at The Portland Group He is PhD in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, and his responsibilities include deep compiler analysis and optimizations. He has published a textbook, "High Performance Compilers for Parallel Computing", and a monograph, "Optimizing Supercompilers for Supercomputers," and many technical papers. Moderator: Ron Schneiderman Author, The Mobile Technology Question & Answer Book — A Survival Guide for Business Managers and Technology Lost — Hype and Reality in the Digital Age Contributing Editor, Electronic Design and Vision magazines Founding Editor, Wireless Systems Design magazine WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Programmers interested in porting their applications to run on x64+GPU accelerators Engineering Management Academia Register now for this Webinar! Sponsored by:
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