Introduction

[Mitia Alexandrov]

Hello,
Come to my session about "Java and the GPU, where are we now?" at Devoxx
BE. I have some overview on how can we use Java and the GPU together :)
https://cfp.devoxx.be/2017/talk/ORO-1288/Java_on_the_GPU._Where_are_we_now%3F

:)

Best regards,

Dmitry

2017-08-23 23:52 GMT+03:00 Remi Forax <forax at univ-mlv.fr>:

> Sumatra goals was to provide an higher API based on Stream and a lower API
> that was using JNI.
>
> With Panama, you can define a lower API bypassing JNI. Currently, there
> are already several Java APIs to access the different existing GPUs, so
> Panama in this context is more a way to simplify/ease the maintenance of
> those APIs.
> The higher API is still missing, it requires to have a way to see lambdas
> as an expression trees, from the VM side (the class file representation)
> the introduction of the constant dynamic instruction in 10 (see the OpenJDK
> Amber project) is a step in the right direction. For the compiler support,
> it's not here yet but there was some fruitful discussions about that at
> latest JVM Summit.
>
> regards,
> Rémi
>
> ----- Mail original -----
> > De: "Kirk Pepperdine" <kirk.pepperdine at gmail.com>
> > À: "Phillip Rhodes" <motley.crue.fan at gmail.com>
> > Cc: "Navdeep Singh Sidhu" <navdeepsingh.sidhu95 at gmail.com>,
> sumatra-dev at openjdk.java.net
> > Envoyé: Mercredi 23 Août 2017 22:32:09
> > Objet: Re: Introduction
>
> > Hi Phil,
> >
> > I don’t really know enough about Sumatra to answer the question but my I
> can’t
> > see why we’d not want a stable API to access the GPU from Java.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Kirk
> >
> >> On Aug 23, 2017, at 10:13 PM, Phillip Rhodes <motley.crue.fan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Would Project Panama obviate the need for "native" Java/GPU
> >> integration?  My understanding is it's supposed to give us a "better
> >> FFI" which might make it nice enough to just integrate OpenCL or CUDA
> >> directly.   Or do we still need something
> >> like Sumatra to get really useful GPU interaction in Java?
> >>
> >>
> >> Phil
> >>
> >> This message optimized for indexing by NSA PRISM
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Kirk Pepperdine
> >> <kirk.pepperdine at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> There is some work being done on GPU/Java integration. I think it’s
> being done
> >>> by some of the Intel guys. I haven’t been following all that closely so
> >>> unfortunately that is all I can say without doing some digging. But if
> I were
> >>> to dig I’d start with last years JavaONE. IIRC someone had a GPU in the
> >>> schedule.
> >>>
> >>> Kind regards,
> >>> Kirk Pepperdine
> >>>
> >>>> On Aug 23, 2017, at 9:27 PM, Dr Heinz M. Kabutz <
> heinz at javaspecialists.eu>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't think Sumatra is very active at the moment :)
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards
> >>>>
> >>>> Heinz
> >>>> --
> >>>> Dr Heinz M. Kabutz (PhD CompSci)
> >>>> Author of "The Java™ Specialists' Newsletter" -
> www.javaspecialists.eu
> >>>> Java Champion - www.javachampions.org
> >>>> Oracle Developer Champion - www.twitter.com/dev_champions
> >>>> JavaOne Rock Star - www.oracle.com/javaone/rock-
> star-wall-of-fame.html
> >>>> Tel: +30 69 75 595 262
> >>>> Skype: kabutz
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Navdeep Singh Sidhu wrote:
> >>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> My name is Navdeep Singh. I am a student doing my research in
> >>>>> High-performance Computing. I am developing a framework for HPC
> using Java.
> >>>>> I am not an expert. my programming skills are of moderate level. I
> hope
> >>>>> here I will get something new to learn.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I will be glad if someone can guide me setting up development
> environment
> >>>>> for sumatra, and introduce me to the development approach.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks !!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
>