The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) code was branched today to the releases/gcc-15 branch and GCC 16.0.0 is now the version on the main development branch.
Mar. 12, 2025
With the newly-released LLVM 20.1 compiler stack among the many changes throughout the massive codebase is renaming the "flang-new" compiler just to "flang". This new Flang compiler front-end has matured quite well over the years to providing robust and reliable Fortran language support within the confines of the LLVM toolchain.
In marking the LLVM 20 stable release and the milestone of flang-new renamed to flang, the LLVM Project blog has put out a blog post outlining all of the accomplishments for this modern Flang Fortran compiler.
Feb. 25, 2025
Georgia Tech recently hosted its fourth annual Open Hackathon with a new twist--the 2025 event featured an in-person component for the first time to foster a more collaborative environment.
10 teams, selected from a pool of nearly 50 applicants, worked on benchmarking and improving their unique codes on the AI Makerspace, Georgia Tech's supercomputing hub throughout the event.
Oct. 25, 2024
This year's Princeton Open Hackathon hosted 11 diverse research teams from academic institutions across North American, supported by 24 research computing mentors--from Princeton, accelerated computing pioneer NVIDIA, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC). Coming together in-person and virtually, the teams explored the potential of high-performance computing and AI to help reveal mysteries of the universe, the planet, and the human body.