The choice of programming tools and programming models is a deeply personal thing to a lot of the techies in the high performance computing space, much as it can be in other areas of the IT sector.

I have been frequently asked when the OpenMP and OpenACC directive APIs for parallel programming will merge, or when will one of them (usually OpenMP) will replace the other. I doubt the two APIs will ...

BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The OpenMP Architecture Review Board (ARB), which develops the standard API specification for shared-memory parallelization, welcomes Jack Dongarra to its Board of ...

BEAVERTON, Ore., February 05, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today the OpenMP® Architecture Review Board (ARB) announces the formation of an OpenMP Python Language Subcommittee to add Python support to ...

“The OpenMP ARB decided to delay OpenMP API Specification Version 6.0 by one year to November 2024,” said Michael Klemm, OpenMP ARB CEO. “Despite the tireless work of the OpenMP Language Committee, ...

With this release, the OpenMP API, the de-facto standard for parallel programming on shared memory systems, continues to extend its reach beyond pure HPC to include DSPs, real time systems, and ...

Editor's note: The authors describe how the OpenMP shared memory muliticore programming model is being adapted to the needs of embedded systems designs. Multicore embedded systems are widely used in ...

Because the August issue's theme is programming, I thought I should cover some of the more-advanced features available in OpenMP. Several issues ago, I looked at the basics of using OpenMP, so you may ...