The matlab toolbox spm version 5b is now installed on fimm
http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/software/spm5b/
Software
Totalview and Matlab upgrade
Totalview upgraded to version 7.0 on tre and fimm (version 6.7 still available)
Matlab upgraded to R14sp2 (7.0.4) on fimm and fire (with updated Bioinformatics toolbox-2.1 and Simulink-6.2.1)
Intel compilers upgraded on fimm
The intel fortran and C/C++ compilers were upgraded from v8.1.023 to v8.1.027. This should fix a couple of internal compiler-errors we've been triggering.
PGI compilers upgraded on fimm
The Portland Group compilers were upgraded from v5.2 to v6.0.
portland compiler on fire + mpich
The portland group compilers v6.0 was installed on fire. Also mpich for the portland compilers was installed under /local/mpich/pgi/.
Amber8 installed on fimm
Amber8 was installed on fimm /local/amber8/.
Information on failed tests are in /local/amber8/MakeTestResults.txt,
but they mostly look like minor round-off errors in the last digit. A qualified
evaluation from a user understanding the results would be much appreciated.
Totalview debugger installed on fimm
Totalview v6.6.0-2 was installed on fimm. The license covers 2 simultaneous users, on max 2 nodes.
Totalview is an advanced debugger. Please check http://www.etnus.com/Documentation/rel6/html/index.html for features and documentation.
Courses on parallel programming at UiB – week 7
The Bergen Center for Computational Science (BCCS) at the University of Bergen has planned the following two courses on standard techniques for efficient and portable parallel programming.
* MPI programming (distributed memory, message passing)
Date : Tuesday 15 February 9.30am - 3pm
Speaker : Thierry Matthey
* OpenMP programming (shared memory)
Date : Wednesday 16 February, 10am - 3pm
Speaker : Helge Avlesen
Both are 1-day courses and will consist of
* short introduction to the supercomputer facilities at UiB (morning)
* a 2-3 hour overview of the relevant MPI/OpenMP concepts (morning)
* a hands-on session with exercises (afternoon)
More information about location and registration can be found on
http://www.parallaw.uib.no/courses/mpi-openmp
Deadline for registration is Thursday 10 February.
Participation is FREE but registration is necessary.
mpiexec upgraded on fimm
mpiexec on fimm was upgraded from v0.75 to v0.77.
Changelog below.
GNU Scientific Library 1.6
GNU Scientific Library 1.6 was installed on fimm:/local/gsl. Older versions are available as /local/gsl-$version.
* What is new in gsl-1.6: