Introduction

forax at univ-mlv.fr forax at univ-mlv.fr
Thu Aug 24 09:17:33 UTC 2017


Hi, 
sadly, i won't be at Devoxx BE this year :( 

but i will see your talk on youtube, thanks for the information. 

regards, 
Rémi 

> De: "Mitia Alexandrov" <mitiaalexandrov at gmail.com>
> À: "Remi Forax" <forax at univ-mlv.fr>
> Cc: "Kirk Pepperdine" <kirk.pepperdine at gmail.com>, "Navdeep Singh Sidhu"
> <navdeepsingh.sidhu95 at gmail.com>, "sumatra-dev" <sumatra-dev at openjdk.java.net>
> Envoyé: Jeudi 24 Août 2017 08:21:11
> Objet: Re: Introduction

> 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
> | 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 < [ mailto:forax at univ-mlv.fr |
> 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" < [ mailto:kirk.pepperdine at gmail.com |
>> > kirk.pepperdine at gmail.com ] >
>>> À: "Phillip Rhodes" < [ mailto:motley.crue.fan at gmail.com |
>> > motley.crue.fan at gmail.com ] >
>>> Cc: "Navdeep Singh Sidhu" < [ mailto:navdeepsingh.sidhu95 at gmail.com |
>>> navdeepsingh.sidhu95 at gmail.com ] >, [ mailto:sumatra-dev at openjdk.java.net |
>> > 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 < [
>> >> mailto:motley.crue.fan at gmail.com | 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
>> >> < [ mailto:kirk.pepperdine at gmail.com | 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 < [
>> >>>> mailto:heinz at javaspecialists.eu | 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" - [ http://www.javaspecialists.eu/
>> >>>> | www.javaspecialists.eu ]
>> >>>> Java Champion - [ http://www.javachampions.org/ | www.javachampions.org ]
>>>>>> Oracle Developer Champion - [ http://www.twitter.com/dev_champions |
>> >>>> www.twitter.com/dev_champions ]
>>>>>> JavaOne Rock Star - [ http://www.oracle.com/javaone/rock-star-wall-of-fame.html
>> >>>> | www.oracle.com/javaone/rock-star-wall-of-fame.html ]
>> >>>> Tel: [ tel:%2B30%2069%2075%20595%20262 | +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 !!




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