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Over the years, hundreds of parallel programming Application Programming Interfaces (API) have come and gone. Most grow a small user base and then fade away. A few API’s, however, are “winners” and catch on with a large and committed user base. We believe that OpenMP is one of these “winners”. Unlike other parallel programming APIs, OpenMP benefits from an organization that makes sure it evolves to meet programmer’s changing requirements. This organization is called the OpenMP Architecture Review Board, or the ARB. In this talk, I will briefly describe the ARB, its members, and how others can join. I will then talk about the current ARB project: OpenMP version 2.0 for Fortran. I will close with my own ideas about where OpenMP needs to go over the next few years.
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Mattson, T. (2001). The Evolution of OpenMP. In: Sørevik, T., Manne, F., Gebremedhin, A.H., Moe, R. (eds) Applied Parallel Computing. New Paradigms for HPC in Industry and Academia. PARA 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1947. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-70734-4_4
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