OpenACC

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application programming interface directive-based programming model open standard parallel programming standard

OpenACC is a directive-based parallel programming standard designed to simplify the development of portable, high-performance code on heterogeneous systems such as GPUs and multicore CPUs.

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OpenACC standards group 1
OpenACC.org 1

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instanceOf application programming interface ⓘ
directive-based programming model ⓘ
open standard ⓘ
parallel programming standard ⓘ
abbreviationFor Open Accelerators ⓘ
competesWith NVIDIA CUDA ⓘ
surface form: CUDA

HIP ⓘ
OpenMP ⓘ
surface form: OpenMP target offload
designGoal hardware abstraction ⓘ
minimal code changes to add parallelism ⓘ
performance portability ⓘ
domain high-performance computing ⓘ
parallel programming ⓘ
focusesOn offloading compute-intensive regions to accelerators ⓘ
fullName Open Accelerators ⓘ
goal allow incremental parallelization of existing code ⓘ
enable portable performance across architectures ⓘ
simplify parallel programming on heterogeneous systems ⓘ
governedBy OpenACC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: OpenACC.org
hasDirective data ⓘ
enter data ⓘ
exit data ⓘ
host_data ⓘ
kernels ⓘ
loop ⓘ
parallel ⓘ
routine ⓘ
update ⓘ
wait ⓘ
programmingModel directive-based ⓘ
pragma-based ⓘ
standardizedBy OpenACC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: OpenACC standards group
supports GPU computing ⓘ
accelerator programming ⓘ
heterogeneous computing ⓘ
multicore CPU computing ⓘ
supportsFeature asynchronous execution ⓘ
data management between host and device ⓘ
device memory allocation ⓘ
gang worker vector hierarchy ⓘ
interoperability with CUDA ⓘ
interoperability with OpenMP ⓘ
loop parallelization ⓘ
reduction operations ⓘ
typicalLanguages C ⓘ
C++ ⓘ
Fortran ⓘ
typicalUseCase legacy HPC code acceleration ⓘ
numerical simulations ⓘ
scientific computing applications ⓘ
uses compiler directives ⓘ
environment variables ⓘ
pragmas ⓘ
runtime library ⓘ
website https://www.openacc.org/ ⓘ

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OpenACC → governedBy → OpenACC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: OpenACC.org
OpenACC → standardizedBy → OpenACC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: OpenACC standards group