Journal Article: Evaluating the Performance of OpenMP Offloading on the NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA Vector Engine

The NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA vector engine (VE) follows the tradition of long vector processors for high-performance computing (HPC). The technology combines the vector computing capabilities with the popularity of standard x86 architecture by integrating it as an accelerator. To decrease the burden of code porting for different accelerator types, the OpenMP specification is designed to be single parallel programming model for all of them. Besides the availability of compiler and runtime implementations, the functionality as well as the performance is important for the usability and acceptance of this paradigm.