To Focus on Advancements in China’s Heterogeneous Computing Standards
NANJING, China, June 12, 2018 — The Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation China Regional Committee (CRC) and China Standards Group for Heterogeneous System Architecture Technical Symposium – Nanjing Session, is scheduled to be held on June 20^th in Jiangbei New District, Nanjing to discuss the progress of China’s heterogeneous computing standards and its applications and achievements in artificial intelligence, IoT, and robotics. HSAF President Dr. John Glossner will be one of the featured presenters.
The Symposium is sponsored by the China Electronic Standardization Institute (CESI), an HSA Foundation promoter member, and the HSA Foundation China Regional Committee (CRC). China Standards Group for Heterogeneous System Architecture (CSH), Nanjing IC Industry Service Center, Huaxia General Processor Technologies (Huaxia GPT), Nanjing University of Technology are serving as co-organizers.
HSA is a standardized platform design that unlocks the performance and power efficiency of the parallel computing engines found in most modern electronic devices. It allows developers to easily and efficiently apply the hardware resources—including CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, FPGAs, fabrics and fixed function accelerators—in today’s complex systems-on-chip (SoCs).
Previously, on May 29, the HSA Foundation CRC and CSH Technical Symposium – Hunan Session was successfully held at the Hunan Institute of Technology. More than 50 experts and scholars from member organizations of the HSA Foundation, the CRC, the CSH, relevant universities, research institutes, and companies attended the Symposium.
The Symposium focused on the latest developments in China’s heterogeneous computing standards research. During the Symposium participants discussed heterogeneous computing in artificial intelligence, robotics, ADAS/autonomous driving, IoT, software-defined communications and other applications. Technical discussions and proposals provided key insights to help support product development, R&D, ecosystem formation, and conformance tests in related industries.
The Symposium proposed the first version of standards and reviewed a number of additional standards proposals with all working groups providing input on the overall framework, key content, and new features. At the meeting, Dr. Xiaodong Zhang, the Chair of the CRC and CSH, introduced the working groups’ goals, progress, and plans for 2018. Afterwards, standard proposals and deliberations were conducted in areas such as standard application evaluation, instruction set architectures, system architecture, security protection, and network interconnection. Members attending included State Grid, Huaxia GPT, Fudan University, Jiangsu Research Center of Software Defined Radio, HME, NationZ Technologies, and Sun Yat-Sen University, etc.
 
About the HSA Foundation
The HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture) Foundation is a non-profit consortium of SoC IP vendors, OEMs, Academia, SoC vendors, OSVs and ISVs, whose goal is making programming for parallel computing easy and pervasive. HSA members are building a heterogeneous computing ecosystem, rooted in industry standards, which combines scalar processing on the CPU with parallel processing on the GPU, while enabling high bandwidth access to memory and high application performance with low power consumption. HSA defines interfaces for parallel computation using CPU, GPU and other programmable and fixed function devices, while supporting a diverse set of high-level programming languages, and creating the foundation for next-generation, general-purpose computing.
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YUEYANG, CHINA, May 22, 2018 — The Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation China Regional Committee (CRC) and China Standard Group of Heterogeneous System Technical Symposium – Hunan Session, will be held on May 29 in Yueyang, Hunan.
The Symposium is sponsored by the China Electronic Standardization Institute (CESI), an HSA Foundation promoter member, and the HSA Foundation China Regional Committee (CRC). China Standard Group of Heterogeneous System and Hunan Institute of Technology are serving as co-organizers.
The Symposium will focus on the latest developments in China’s heterogeneous computing standards research and target on the discussion of heterogeneous computing in artificial intelligence, software-defined communications and other applications.
““The HSA Foundation CRC has led the way in nationalizing heterogeneous computing standards in China and continues to advance the mission of the Foundation, which is to make heterogeneous programming universally easier,” said Dr. John Glossner, the Foundation’s president
 
AGENDA

1. General Info
   1. Date/Time: May 29, 2018 | 9:00-18:00
   2. Venue: Hunan Institute of Technology, Yueyang, Hunan
   3. Participants: HSA Foundation Members, HSA Foundation China Regional Committee (CRC) Members, Related Universities, Research Institutes and Companies
2. Topics
               a. Morning Session: 9:00-12:00

i. Interpreting the Industry Standard Establishment Process by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology – Fang Liu, CESI (10
ii. Interpreting the Draft Standard Recommendations by the CRC Working Groups (60 minutes)

– Application & System Evaluation Working Group
– Virtual ISA Working Group
– System Architecture Working Group
– Compilation & Runtime LIB Working Group
– OS & Multivendor Working Group
– Interconnect Working Group
– Security & Protection Working Group
– Conformance Test Working Group

iii. System Requirements and Standardization Concepts for Software-Defined Satellite Chip Platforms (30 minutes)
iv. 2018 Working Objectives and Execution Plan for the CRC – Dr. Xiaodong Zhang, Chair of the CRC (30 minutes)
v. Recommendations for Implementation of Variable-Length Vector Parallel Computing in Heterogeneous Computing Standards – Dr. Lei Wang, Huaxia (Beijing) General Processor Technologies (30 minute)

                     b. Afternoon Session: 14:00-18:00

i. Recommendations for Heterogeneous Computing Instruction Architecture for Convolutional Neural Network Parallel Computing – Dr. Jun Han, State Key Laboratory of ASIC, Fudan University (30 minutes)
ii. Recommendations for Software-Defined Radio Instruction Architecture based on Heterogeneous Computing Standards – Dr. Chaoyang Tian, ​​ Jiangsu Research Center of Software Digital Radio (30 minutes)
iii. Several Enhancements to Security and Protection Strategies for Heterogeneous Computing Systems – Shaowei Chen, Senior Expert, Nationz Technologies (30 minutes)
iv. Recommendations for New Heterogeneous Computing Network Interconnection Specification Compatible with International Mainstream Standards – Dr. Zhiyi Yu, Sun Yat-sen University (30 minutes)
v. HSA Lecture Series (120 minutes)
1. HSA Basic Knowledge Series
2. HSA Basic Knowledge Series – the Use of HSA Open Source Tools and Programming Practices
3. HSA Basic Knowledge Series – the Status of HSA Artificial Intelligence Open Source Library

 
About the HSA Foundation
The HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture) Foundation is a non-profit consortium of SoC IP vendors, OEMs, Academia, SoC vendors, OSVs and ISVs, whose goal is making programming for parallel computing easy and pervasive. HSA members are building a heterogeneous computing ecosystem, rooted in industry standards, which combines scalar processing on the CPU with parallel processing on the GPU, while enabling high bandwidth access to memory and high application performance with low power consumption. HSA defines interfaces for parallel computation using CPU, GPU and other programmable and fixed function devices, while supporting a diverse set of high-level programming languages, and creating the foundation for next-generation, general-purpose computing.
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Xiamen, Fujian, China, July 9, 2017 – The recently concluded Heterogeneous Computing Standards & International AI Conference, held in Xiamen, is helping to lay the groundwork for heterogeneous computing standards not only in China, but worldwide. The two-day event was co-hosted by the China Electronic Standardization Institute (CESI), the HSA Foundation and the Chinese Association of Artificial Intelligence, with an organizing committee including Huaxia General Processor Technologies, the HSA Foundation’s newly formed China Regional Committee (CRC), and the Xiamen Integrated Circuit Industry Association.
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) is a standardized platform design that unlocks the performance and power efficiency of the parallel computing engines found in most modern electronic devices. It provides an ideal mainstream platform for next-generation SoCs in a range of applications including artificial intelligence.
The Heterogeneous Computing Standards & International AI Conference brought together a number of industry leaders to discuss processors, software, applications, machine learning, and fintech for heterogeneous systems in artificial intelligence applications. HSA Foundation members including AMD, Arteris, Cadence, CESI, Huaxia General Processor Technologies, Imagination Technologies, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute – Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Xiamen University shared their latest results with hundreds of participants at the event.
Other presenting companies included Creekspring AI, DeepGlint, DeepPhi Tech, Gold Medal Global Investment, ICETech, KACHIP, Sanechips Technology, State Grid, and others. Dozens of renowned scholars and officials from universities, institutes and related industry companies also participated in the event.
The recently formed HSA Foundation CRC is laying the groundwork for standardization progress in heterogeneous computing standards in China. It is focused on supporting the needs of HSA Foundation members in China and helping to fulfill the mission of the Foundation, which is to make heterogeneous programming universally easier. The formation of the CRC and potential global adoption of the work done by the CRC will advance China’s semiconductor industry as well as contribute to worldwide growth.
“As China is emerging as a powerhouse in programming heterogeneous systems, AI and semiconductor technology, it is natural to invite key scientists and companies from China to adopt and adapt technologies and specifications. We fully anticipate that these changes will not remain local to CRC working groups but will be incorporated into the global specifications and adopted worldwide,” said Dr. John Glossner, HSA Foundation president.
The CRC has instituted the following working groups and elected their Chairs to evaluate, enhance and develop HSA technologies:
• Application & System Evaluation Working Group – Dr. Kunlun Gao, Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute
• Virtual ISA Working Group – Dr. Jun Han, Fudan University
• System Architecture Working Group – Wanting Tian, Sanechips Technology
• Compilation & Runtime LIB Working Group – Dr. Lei Wang, Huaxia GPT
• OS & Multivendor Working Group – Dr. Min Gong, Beijing Linx Technology
• Interconnect Working Group – Dr. Zhiyi Yu, Sun Yat-sen University
• Security & Protection Working Group – Dr. Songhai Liang, Nationz Technologies
• Conformance Test Working Group – Dawei Chen, CESI
Supporting Quotes:
“Nearly all SoC’s are heterogeneous systems. The HSA Foundation’s technology makes programming these systems much simpler by providing single-source toolchains, common API’s, and a choice of programming languages. When executed on an HSA runtime, both high performance and low power can be achieved. GPT has licensable cores supporting HSA technologies and is actively contributing to the development of the specifications”. By internally adopting HSA, GPT has accelerated development of heterogeneous systems in multiple application domains including machine learning and artificial intelligence.”

– Kerry Li, CEO, Huaxia General Processor Technologies

“China is firmly placed at the heart of heterogeneous systems, AI and semiconductor technology, with the HSA Foundation playing a key role in increasing awareness within the industry of the challenges and driving the availability of solutions. The recent China Regional Council event was a real triumph and Imagination was very pleased to participate in such a successful event. The event highlighted just how much potential heterogeneous computing has in terms of AI. As a founding member of the HSA Foundation, we look forward to continuing our work with other members to create specifications that make it easier to develop and program heterogeneous SoCs, as well as developing IP cores that enable the realization of such SoCs.”

– James Liu, VP and GM China, Imagination Technologies

Application & System Evaluation Working Group
“Our goal is to verify the advanced nature of the HSA technology and the applicability of the HSA standards through a typical application demonstration. HSA has become a trend in advanced computing technology; its huge technical potential cannot just stay on paper as for standards, it also plays a role in multiple applications, reflecting the technical value through verification of actual cases. State Grid, the world’s largest public service corporation, has an urgent need for high-speed computing and artificial intelligence computing for ultra-large-scale power grids. We anticipate that HSA technology will be used in the future to meet these computing needs and ensure the smooth implementation of the national strategy on Global Energy Interconnection.”

– Dr. Kunlun Gao, Director of Computing and Application Lab, Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute

Virtual ISA Working Group
“Our working group will focus on virtual explicitly parallel ISA that brings parallel acceleration to high level language. The virtual ISA, called HSAIL, can be finalized to native ISAs of different architectures such as CPU, GPU, DSP, custom accelerator, etc. Enabling data parallel programming is a key feature of HSAIL, so flexible vector processing, such as variable vector lengths and mixed-precision vector operations, will be involved in the technical discussion of our group. Moreover, some special instructions related to AI applications might also be considered for inclusion in HSAIL. This is an important open problem so far.”

– Dr. Jun Han, Professor, Fudan University

System Architecture Working Group
“The establishment of the CRC will drive the HSA standardization process, and the CRC will become an important force in building HSA standards. The CRC System Architecture Working Group will study the necessity and performance advantages of heterogeneous architecture from an overall perspective, and topics brought by heterogeneous architecture on processor design, interconnected bus design, memory system design, low-power design, and testability design, etc. in order to form the heterogeneous architecture design methodology.”

– Wanting Tian, Vice President, Sanechips Technology

Compilation & Runtime LIB Working Group
“The compiler and runtime are interrelated components to connect HSA and its working groups, supporting the virtual ISA and operating system interface specification. The compiler and runtime are the main method of user evaluation system and directly determine the developer/user experience with the HSA system.”

– Dr. Lei Wang, Technical Director, Huaxia General Processor Technologies

OS & Multivendor Working Group
“We are dedicated to providing operating system support for the CRC and HSA Foundation. The main focus of the OS & Multivendor Working Group will include kernel work on system security and multi process resource sharing as well as coordinating multiple vendors on hardware-OS and application development.”

– Dr. Min Gong, Chief Scientist, Beijing Linx Technology

Interconnect Working Group
“The interconnect network is becoming increasingly important due to the larger number of heterogeneous cores and more advanced fabrication technology. The CRC’s Interconnect Working Group will organize experts with a strong background from academic and industry. Our goal is to evaluate interconnect network protocol/standards for many-core heterogeneous systems, which will be efficient, scalable, and can be reused in various systems.”

– Dr. Zhiyi Yu, Professor, Sun Yat-sen University

Security & Protection Working Group
“There is no doubt that the security and protection issues have become the foundation of the key technologies of heterogeneous computing for heterogeneous system architectures. The main task of the Security & Protection Working Group is to systematically solve the problem of safe operation and system protection of the HSA, and to develop a corresponding interface strategy and specifications from various aspects of instruction, thread, process, storage, IO, on-chip interconnection, operating system, application, etc. This is to promote and ensure the sustainable development and healthy growth of the new generation of heterogeneous computing chip products and its ecosystem.”

– Dr. Songhai Liang, Chief Scientist of SoC Design, Nationz Technologies

Conformance Test Working Group
“CESI plays a role in the CRC to deal with the work of standardization and conformance test. HSA technology has a significant influence on the design of the next generation of SoCs. With the aim of promoting positive developments for the HSA Foundation, it is necessary for relevant parties to make efforts to research and develop relevant technical specifications of HSA and to lead relevant companies to adopt and commercialize the specifications. CESI can provide relevant products with tests and verifications, which are compliant to the standards of the HSA.”

– Dawei Chen, Professor & Research Center Director, CESI

About the HSA Foundation
The HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture) Foundation is a non-profit consortium of SoC IP vendors, OEMs, Academia, SoC vendors, OSVs and ISVs, whose goal is making programming for parallel computing easy and pervasive. HSA members are building a heterogeneous computing ecosystem, rooted in industry standards, which combines scalar processing on the CPU with parallel processing on the GPU, while enabling high bandwidth access to memory and high application performance with low power consumption. HSA defines interfaces for parallel computation using CPU, GPU and other programmable and fixed function devices, while supporting a diverse set of high-level programming languages, and creating the foundation for next-generation, general-purpose computing.
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Committee Members Include Leading China Institutes, Universities, and Standards Authorities
Xiamen, Fujian, China, May 11, 2017 – The HSA Foundation has announced the formation of the China Regional Committee (CRC), with founding members comprised of 20 renowned institutes, universities and standards authorities throughout China. With a focus on growing the HSA ecosystem, the CRC’s mandate is to enhance the awareness of heterogeneous computing and promote the adoption of standards such as Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) in China. Dr. Xiaodong Zhang, from Huaxia General Processor Technologies, will serve as the CRC’s chairman.
“The CRC will help define regional heterogeneous computing needs, obtain advice from local experts, help China market segments become more integrated with continuously expanding HSA technologies, and serve as a gateway for the HSA Foundation to be more proactive and effective in addressing heterogeneous computing opportunities and issues affecting the region,” noted Zhang.
“China’s fast growing role in semiconductor innovation, combined with its skilled talent base, makes it a strategically advantageous location for the HSA Foundation to establish its first regional committee. Our hope is to accelerate China’s heterogeneous computing development in line with the standardization work, as well as to benefit the local industry community with high performance heterogeneous systems with reduced complexity. The establishment of the CRC will help significantly in these efforts,” said HSA Foundation President Dr. John Glossner.
“The HSA ecosystem continues to grow rapidly in China and we look forward to further collaborative ventures with our new CRC colleagues,” said HSA Foundation Chairman and Managing Director Greg Stoner.
Glossner said that the HSA Foundation is gaining increasing traction, with recently announced HSA compliant products worldwide, the introduction of the HSA 1.1 specification, and other key developments.
The CRC’s initial members include CESI, a professional institute for standardization in the field of electronics and IT industry in China under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), and organizations that play an influential role in the HSA ecosystem in China, especially in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, AR/VR and many others which require support from heterogeneous processing. Founding members of the CRC include:
• China Electronics Standardization Institute (CESI)
• Fudan University
– State Key Laboratory of ASIC and System
• Hunan Institute of Science and Technology
• Institute of Computing Technology (ICT), Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Jiangsu Research Center of Software Digital Radio
• Nanjing University
– State Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology
• Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
• Nanjing University of Science and Technology
• Nantong University
• Peking University
• Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Shanghai Jiao tong University
• Shanghai Research Center for Wireless Communications
• Shanghai University
• Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
– State Key Laboratory of Robotics
• Southeast University
– State Key Laboratory of Mobile Communications
• Sun Yat-sen University
• University of Science and Technology Beijing
2017 Heterogeneous Architecture Standards and Artificial Intelligence Conference
The first CRC Symposium is part of the 2017 Heterogeneous System Architecture Standards and Artificial Intelligence Conference, which will be held in Xiamen on May 25 – 26. The two-day event is co-hosted by CESI, the HSA Foundation and Chinese Association of Artificial Intelligence, with an organizing committee including Huaxia General Processor Technologies, the HSA Foundation CRC, and Xiamen Integrated Circuit Industry Association.
Renowned scholars and officials from related industry organizations will be invited to exchange and discuss standards and technologies for heterogeneous computing and artificial intelligence. A list of outstanding industry leaders will speak at the AI conference, joined by numerous other attending companies from related fields. For more conference information, a list of speakers and online registration, please visit www.hsa-china.com.
HSA is rapidly becoming a mainstream platform to support the promotion and application of the artificial intelligence industry and to develop standards for the next generation of SoCs and heterogeneous processors. The Symposium will bring together dozens of universities, institutes and companies to discuss the HSA Foundation and its development in China. Topics will include standards, key technologies, collaborative development, and software ecosystem construction, among others.
The CRC will also take an active role in developing the second annual Heterogeneous System Architecture 2017 Global Summit (visit www.hsafoundation.com; details to be posted soon). The two-day 2016 event was co-sponsored by the HSA Foundation and the China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA), and was also supported by the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone (E-Town), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China (MIIT), and Cyberspace Administration of China.
Supporting Quotes

China Electronics Standardization Institute
“Heterogeneous computing is the key technology in the next-generation processor design. China Electronic Standardization Institute (CESI), as the primary non-profit and comprehensive research institution for China’s standardization of electronic information technologies, is very pleased to be a member of the CRC, and together with other CRC members, will drive heterogeneous computing standardization work in China. As a member of the HSA Foundation, we look forward to joining global colleagues to improve the HSA technical standardization and better promote the development of next generation processors worldwide including China.”

  – Baoyou Wang, Director of Basic Product Research Center, China Electronics Standardization Institute

Nanjing University
“The School of Microelectronics at Nanjing University focuses on a variety of core disciplines, some of which include multi-core processing chip architectures and implementations, reconfigurable computing, three-dimensional network-on-chip (NoC) design, SoC design and high-performance VLSI implementations in digital signal processing algorithms. Heterogeneous computing is one of today’s hottest technologies and encompasses important applications such as mobile devices, the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. We look forward to working with the HSA Foundation in effectively using CPU, GPU, DSP, FPGA and other hardware and software resources to support research and development of heterogeneous system architectures. We thank the HSA Foundation for facilitating a dedicated research platform for institutions and universities.”
– Hongbing Pan, Professor, Nanjing University

Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
“The institute’s main research directions include wireless sensor and communication technology, and industrial digital control systems. Our research group is engaged in R&D of industrial bus technology related to communications chips, and system-on-chip with communication functions. We look forward to working with HSA Foundation’s CRC where we will focus on the research of heterogeneous multi-core technology for industrial control SoC’s. With the development of China’s “Industry 4.0”, the traditional centralized control is transitioning to a decentralized model. Industrial control systems are composed of heterogeneous cores including micro controllers and DSPs connected by a common bus. HSAF technologies address these types of systems providing flexibility, high performance, integration, and miniaturization. We look forward to adopting HSAF technology and evaluating the effectiveness of HSA for industrial control systems.”
– Chuang Xie, Senior Engineer and Director of SoC Designs, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Southeast University
“The establishment of HSA Foundation’s CRC will further promote the rapid development of heterogeneous computing technology in the region. Southeast University has made several innovations in deep learning and cloud computing. Its Laboratory of Image Science and Technology, one of the earliest units in China to be involved in image processing, looks forward to contributing innovative technology solutions. This will enable researchers to focus on algorithm research and evaluate their effectiveness in HSA systems.”
– Aodong Shen, Assistant Professor, Southeast University

Sun Yat-sen University
“Processors are facing great challenges. Moore’s Law is slowing down, while new applications such as big data and artificial intelligence require higher computation and storage capability. Heterogeneous computing is proposed as ”CPU+” architecture. It can significantly improve the system performance and energy efficiency for a wide range of application domains, and is evolving to become the main platform for the next generation computation industry. The HSA Foundation aims to standardize the heterogeneous computing architecture. It’s my honor to participate in HSA Foundation’s CRC. We look forward to providing input to the HSA Foundation with regional requirements and application results that will help develop the next generation standard for HSA, and push forward the research, development, and industrialization of heterogeneous computing in China.”
– Zhiyi Yu, Professor, Sun Yat-sen University

AMD
“We are glad to see the HSA Foundation is expanding, and we will continue to take active role to participate in heterogeneous computing activities and its open source efforts via the ROCm platform that bring HSA-enabled drivers, runtimes, compiler and tools to the global developer community. We hope together with the new members to promote more academic research in the China region.”
– Paul Blinzer, AMD Fellow

Huaxia General Processor Technologies
“As a HSA Foundation member, it is exciting to see that universities, institutes and companies in China are joining the CRC and making it a growing platform for heterogeneous computing in the region. Huaxia GPT focuses on designing and licensing embedded HSA-compatible processors and optimizing them to enable quicker, easier programming of high-performance parallel computing devices in heterogeneous ecosystems. We look forward to the future collaboration with these newly joined forces on the cutting-edge applications in the field of machine vision, Internet of Things (IoT), Machine-to-Machine (M2M), edge computing and deep learning.”
– Kerry Li, CEO, Huaxia General Processor Technologies

Imagination Technologies
“As a founding member of the HSA Foundation, Imagination works closely with other members to create specifications that make it easier to develop and program heterogeneous SoCs, and we are also developing IP cores enabling the realization of such SoCs. The role of China in designing next-generation semiconductors cannot be underestimated, and the HSA Foundation’s CRC can play a key role increasing awareness within the industry of the challenges and solutions around heterogeneous computing.”
– James Liu, VP and GM China, Imagination Technologies

About the HSA Foundation
The HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture) Foundation is a non-profit consortium of SoC IP vendors, OEMs, Academia, SoC vendors, OSVs and ISVs, whose goal is making programming for parallel computing easy and pervasive. HSA members are building a heterogeneous computing ecosystem, rooted in industry standards, which combines scalar processing on the CPU with parallel processing on the GPU, while enabling high bandwidth access to memory and high application performance with low power consumption. HSA defines interfaces for parallel computation using CPU, GPU and other programmable and fixed function devices, while supporting a diverse set of high-level programming languages, and creating the foundation for next-generation, general-purpose computing.
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Beaverton, OR, May 2, 2017 – The HSA Foundation has made available to developers the HSA PRM (Programmer’s Reference Manual) conformance test suite as open source software. The test suite is used to validate Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) implementations for both the HSA PRM Specification and HSA PSA (Platform System Architecture) specification.
With this addition to the already available HSA Runtime Conformance tests, HSA developers now have a fully open source conformance test suite for validating all aspects of HSA systems.
HSA is a standardized platform design that unlocks the performance and power efficiency of the parallel computing engines found in most modern electronic devices. It allows developers to easily and efficiently apply the hardware resources—including CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, FPGAs, fabrics and fixed function accelerators—in today’s complex systems-on-chip (SoCs).
“The HSA Foundation has always been a strong proponent of open source development tools directly and through its member companies,” said HSA Foundation Chairman Greg Stoner. “Open sourcing worldwide the PRM conformance test suite is yet another example of an expanding array of development tools freely available supporting HSA.”
According to HSA Foundation President Dr. John Glossner, “The decision to open source the conformance test suite is strongly supported by the HSA Foundation and we believe this is an important step for allowing the developer community including non-member China Regional Committee (CRC) participants to test HSA systems. With the ability to develop conformance tests, the community can now contribute to the new test and thus drive the continual improvement of the test quality and consistency.”
“Good quality open source components are crucial in making heterogeneous computing more accessible to programmers and standards adopters. It is great to see that HSA Foundation continues its open source strategy by releasing the important PRM conformance test suite to the public,” said Dr. Pekka Jääskeläinen, CEO of Parmance.
The HSA Foundation through its member companies and universities has also released many additional projects which are all available on the Foundation’s GitHub site including:

• HSAIL Developer Tools: finalizer, debugger, assembler, and simulator
• GCC HSAIL frontend developed by Parmance and General Processor Technologies (GPT) allowing gcc finalization for any gcc machine target; the frontend is included in the upcoming GCC 7 release
• Heterogeneous compute compiler (hcc) for single-source compilation of heterogeneous systems
• Runtime implementations including AMD’s ROCm and phsa-runtime by Parmance and GPT; phsa-runtime can be used together with GCC HSAIL frontend to support the entire HSA programming stack using open source components
• Portable Computing Language (pocl), an open source implementation of the OpenCL standard with a backend for HSA developed by the Customized Parallel Computing group of Tampere University of Technology (TUT) –an HSA Foundation Academic Center of Excellence

See the complete roster at: https://github.com/HSAFoundation.
About the HSA Foundation
The HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture) Foundation is a non-profit consortium of SoC IP vendors, OEMs, Academia, SoC vendors, OSVs and ISVs, whose goal is making programming for parallel computing easy and pervasive. HSA members are building a heterogeneous computing ecosystem, rooted in industry standards, which combines scalar processing on the CPU with parallel processing on the GPU, while enabling high bandwidth access to memory and high application performance with low power consumption. HSA defines interfaces for parallel computation using CPU, GPU and other programmable and fixed function devices, while supporting a diverse set of high-level programming languages, and creating the foundation for next-generation, general-purpose computing.
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BEAVERTON, OR – March 14, 2017 – The Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation continues to expand its Academic Partnership Program with the addition of Finland-based Tampere University of Technology (TUT) as an HSA Academic Center of Excellence. TUT is in Tampere, about 170 km (105 miles) north of Helsinki.
TUT is now the third European university accorded this distinction — in December, the Foundation announced that Technische Universitaet (TU) Darmstadt, and Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU), both in Germany, were named Academic Centers of Excellence; Northeastern University was the first in North America.
HSA is a standardized platform design that unlocks the performance and power efficiency of the parallel computing engines found in most modern electronic devices. It allows developers to easily and efficiently apply the hardware resources — including CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, FPGAs, fabrics and fixed function accelerators — in today’s complex systems-on-chip (SoCs).
“We’re excited to have TUT on board as an Academic Center of Excellence and look forward to collaborating with the university on several projects,” said HSA Foundation President Dr. John Glossner. “TUT is the forefront of research in areas that intersect closely with heterogeneous computing such as intelligent machines and networked systems.”
“The HSA ecosystem is growing rapidly not only in Finland, but throughout Europe,” said HSA Foundation Chairman and Managing Director Greg Stoner. “TUT has a long-established reputation encompassing an array of innovative technologies. Our members — and the global tech community — will benefit greatly from this burgeoning partnership.”
Jarmo Takala, a professor in the TUT Faculty of Computing and Electrical Engineering, added that the research group is currently working on an open source implementation of the OpenCL standard, called the Portable Computing Language project.
“We’re also going to add support for HSA specs and create a complete tool flow for HSA runtime customized accelerators based on transport-triggered architecture, and open source design tools for these processors, known as the “TTA-based Co-Design Environment” added Takala.
Dr. Pekka Jääskeläinen, who is currently working at TUT as a postdoctoral researcher funded by the Academy of Finland and also involved in various HSA- related activities, said adopting HSA standards “is enabling us to build well-documented IP interfaces to SoC components. HSA is also providing a framework for more studies related to programmer-productivity challenges still hindering heterogeneous platform adoption.”
About TUT
Established in 1965 as a subsidiary of Helsinki University of Technology, TUT became an independent university in 1972. Today, more than 8,300 undergraduate and postgraduate students attend TUT. Of these, about 1,500 students from more than 60 countries are currently pursuing studies. TUT is a sought-after partner for collaborative research and development projects with business and industry worldwide.
About the HSA Foundation
The HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture) Foundation is a non-profit consortium of SoC IP vendors, OEMs, Academia, SoC vendors, OSVs and ISVs, whose goal is making programming for parallel computing easy and pervasive. HSA members are building a heterogeneous computing ecosystem, rooted in industry standards, which combines scalar processing on the CPU with parallel processing on the GPU, while enabling high bandwidth access to memory and high application performance with low power consumption. HSA defines interfaces for parallel computation using CPU, GPU and other programmable and fixed function devices, while supporting a diverse set of high-level programming languages, and creating the foundation for next-generation, general-purpose computing.
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