GPU Programming with OpenACC @ CSC

4 Dec 2017, 09:00 → 5 Dec 2017, 16:00 Europe/Helsinki

Training room Dogmi, 1st floor (CSC - IT Center for Science)

Description

This course gives a thorough introduction to programming GPUs using the directive based OpenACC paradigm. The course consists of lectures and hands-on exercises. Topics of this course include the basic usage of OpenACC, as well as some more advanced issues related to profiling, performance and interoperability with CUDA.

Learning outcome

After the course the participants should have the basic skills needed for utilizing OpenACC in new, or existing programs.

Prerequisites

The participants are assumed to have working knowledge of Fortran and/or C programming languages. In addition, fluent operation in a Linux/Unix environment will be assumed.

Agenda

Day 1, Monday 4.12

09:00 - 12:00 SESSION 1 & Coffee break

• Introduction to accelerators​
• Introduction to OpenACC
• Exercises

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 16:00 SESSION 2 & Coffee break

• Data movement
• Exercises

Day 2, Tuesday 5.12

09:00 - 12:00 SESSION 3 & Coffee break

• Profilling
• Performance considerations
• Exercises

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 16:00 SESSION 4 & Coffee break

• Asynchronous operations and pipelining
• Interoperability with CUDA and GPU-Accelerated libraries
• Exercises

 

Lecturers:   Sami Ilvonen (CSC), Fredrik Robertsén (CSC) 

Language:  English
Price:          Free of charge

Slides GPU Programming with OpenACC_Handout openacc_press.pdf