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Compilers
C, C++ and Fortran are supported on the Ascend cluster. Intel, oneAPI, GNU Compiler Collectio (GCC) and AOCC are available. The Intel development tool chain is loaded by default. Compiler commands and recommended options for serial programs are listed in the table below. See also our compilation guide.
Ascend
This page includes a summary of differences to keep in mind when migrating jobs from other clusters to Ascend.
Ascend
We use Slurm syntax for all the discussions on this page. Please check how to prepare slurm job script if your script is prepared in PBS syntax.
Ascend, Cardinal, Pitzer
oneAPI is an open, cross-industry, standards-based, unified, multiarchitecture, multi-vendor programming model that delivers a common developer experience across accelerator architectures – for faster application performance, more productivity, and greater innovation. The oneAPI initiative encourages collaboration on the oneAPI specification and compatible oneAPI implementations across the ecosystem.
Ascend, Cardinal, Pitzer
GSL is a library of mathematical methods for C and C++ languages.
Ascend, Cardinal, Pitzer
Miniconda3 is a free minimal installer for conda. It is a small, bootstrap version of Anaconda that includes only conda, Python, the packages they depend on, and a small number of other useful packages, including pip, zlib and a few others.
Availability and Restrictions
Versions
Miniconda is available on the Ascend Cluster. The versions currently available at OSC are:
Ascend, Owens, Pitzer
In October 2022, OSC retires the Data Direct Networks (DDN) GRIDScaler system deployed in 2016 and expands the IBM Elastic Storage System (ESS) for both Project and global Scratch services. This expands the total capacity of Project and Scratch storage at OSC to ~16 petabytes with better performance.
Cardinal, Pitzer
SAOImageDS9 is a astronomical imaging and data visualization application. DS9 provides support for FITS images, binary tables, multiple frame buffers, region manipulation, and colormaps display options
Availability and Restrictions
DS9 is currently available on the following clusters.
WCStools is a program package designed for working with Images and the World Coordinate System. The aim of WCStools is to provide methods for relating pixels taken common astronomical images to sky coordinates.
Availability and Restrictions
WCStools is not currently available on any OSC cluster.
Ascend
Cell Ranger is a cell analysis library for generate feature-barcode matrices, perform Analysis for RNA samples. Cell Ranger works in pipelines for it's RNA sequencing analysis which allows it to: process raw sequencing output, read alignment, generate gene-cell matrices, and can perform downstream analyses such as clustering and gene expression analysis.
