The MOSIX group announces the release of the Virtual OpenCL
(VCL) cluster platform version 1.14. This version includes the SuperCL
extension that allows micro OpenCL programs to run efficiently on
devices of remote nodes. VCL provides an OpenCL platform in which all
the cluster devices are seen as if they are located in the hosting-node.
This platform benefits OpenCL applications that can use many devices
concurrently. Applications written for VCL benefit from the reduced
programming complexity of a single computer, the availability of
shared-memory, multi-threads and lower granularity parallelism, as well
as concurrent access to devices in many nodes. With SuperCL, a
programmable sequence of kernels and/or memory operations can be sent to
remote devices in cluster nodes, usually with just a single network
round-trip. SuperCL also offers asynchronous communication with the
host, to avoid the round-trip waiting time, as well as direct access to
distributed file-systems. The VCL package can be downloaded from mosix.org.
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