Heading into ISC16, OpenHPC Releases Latest Stack with 60-plus Package 

SC15 was sort of a muted launch party for OpenHPC – the nascent effort to develop a ‘plug-and-play’ software framework for HPC. There seemed to be widespread agreement the idea had merit, not a lot of knowledge of details, and some wariness because Intel was a founding member and vocal advocate. Next week, ISC16 will mark the next milestone for OpenHPC, which has since grown into a full-fledged Linux Foundation Collaborative Project and today released version 1.0.1 of OpenHPC (build and test tools).

The initial software stack includes over 60 packages, including tools and libraries, as well as provisioning, and a job scheduler. The complete list is available on the project GitHub page. OpenHPC’s 25 founding members of the project span academic, government labs and hardware organizations a technical Steering Committee and Governing Board have been established to help drive technical direction, code contributions, establish IP policies, among other operational needs for the open source project.

The following chart, provided by OpenHPC, “best represents OpenHPC leadership at its highest level. However, there are additional leadership roles including TSC Functional Area Maintainers, who are dedicated to specific areas of the tech (like energy efficiency and distro packages, for ex). The project also has Board of Director representatives – one seat per Silver member is granted. I can provide that information if helpful as well.” There are clearly some influential HPC folks onboard, including Thomas Sterling, for example.

Here's a link to the complete article on HPCwire.