Wed, Thur 5/6-7/09 9am Intel developer tools training

[Sandy Philpott <sandy.philpott@jlab.org>]

Dear Software Developers,

Intel will be at JLab this week, offering an open training session for 
software developers in both HPC and non-HPC computing environments. The 
sessions include compiler training on Wednesday, then vTune performance 
analyzer training and individualized vTune consulting/support on 
Thursday. The sessions will be held in ARC 528 beginning at 9am both days.

See below for detailed agenda items. More information on vTune is 
available from Intel's website at 
http://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-vtune/ .

Mark your calendars - hope to see you there!
Sandy


* Intel Developer Tools Training, Compilers and Libraries *
This custom training session is designed to focus on the effective use 
of Intel compiler and library tools. Training begins with a quick 
general overview of all of Intel’s Developer Products tools. This is 
immediately followed by an in-depth look at compiler optimization and 
floating point behavior for the experienced developer already familiar 
with use of modern optimizing compilers (knowledge of Intel compilers is 
not necessary, but one should be familiar with general optimization 
techniques). There will be a session to discuss the floating point model 
used by the Intel compilers and the tradeoffs between performance and 
accuracy. After lunch, a special session covering Nehalem specific 
considerations in optimization and tuning will be presented. This is 
followed by Fortran interested customers receive Fortran 2003 features 
in the 11.0 and future compilers. C++ customers receive a session on 
Intel-specific enhancements such as Valarray, Lambda functions, and use 
of TBB. MKL use is discussed (how to build with MKL, parallelization and 
hybrid models). Finally a session in Nehalem-specific optimizations is 
discussed. The agenda is flexible and is will be modified to accommodate 
local interests and time schedule.

May 6, 2009 9am ARC 528

    * Intro - Overview of Intel Developer Products tools (compiler,
      libraries, performance tools, correctness tools, threading tools)
      and discussion to set agenda for rest of day. (~30 min)
    * Application optimization with the Intel Compilers (~2 hrs)
    * Floating Point Environment: Performance and Accuracy Concerns (~45
      min)
    * Lunch
    * Optimizing for Nehalem (~45 min)
    * Short break
    * Fortran 2003 or C++ Enhancements (~ 1 hr )
    * Break
    * Optional: MKL and Library use, hybrid programming (~45 min )
    * Day 1 Intel Attendees:
          o Ronald W. Green; Intel Corporation
          o Russell M. Fromkin; Intel Corporation
          o Frank Terlecki (Tentative)

May 7, 2009 9am ARC 528

    * Introductions
    * VTune™ Sampling and the Cycle Accounting Methodology - (~1 hr 15
      minutes)
    * Break
    * Demo of how to use VTune, Thread Profiler, and Thread Checker –
      (~30 minutes)
    * What the newer generations of tools may look like – Demo of
      Parallel Studio – (~15 min; this section will be covered only if
      time allows)
    * Threading Building Blocks – (~1 hr)
    * Wrap up
    * 1:1 meetings with users
    * Day 2 Intel Attendees:
          o Michael D'mello; Intel Corporation
          o Russell M. Fromkin; Intel Corporation (Tentative)
          o Frank Terlecki (Tentative)