HPF_CRAFT Functional Summary

HPF_CRAFT contains a number of features not available in HPF, and restricts the usage of many of the features currently available. The following is a concise list of the differences.

• INDEPENDENT has been extended to better support an ON clause.
• There are new rules defining the interaction of explicitly mapped and private data.
• Parallel inquiry intrinsics IN_PARALLEL() and IN_INDEPENDENT() have been added.
• Serial regions (MASTER / END MASTER) have been added.
• Explicit synchronization primitives are provided.
• The ATOMIC UPDATE, SYMMETRIC, and GEOMETRY directives have been added.
• Many other compiler information directives have been added to assist the compiler in producing good quality code.

 
• Data Mapping Features
• Subprogram Interfaces
• The INDEPENDENT Directive
• The ON Clause
• Array Syntax
• Treatment of FORALL and WHERE Statements
• Synchronization Primitives
• Barrier Removal
• Serial Regions
• Libraries
• Parallel Inquiry Intrinsics
• Task Identity
• Parallelism Specification Directives
• The SYMMETRIC Directive
• The RESIDENT Directive
• The ATOMIC UPDATE Directive
• The GEOMETRY Directive