-acc (OpenACC) and -cuda flags replace many legacy -ta flags from PGI.
For several years, NVIDIA continued to release PGI compilers. However, the trajectory shifted. NVIDIA decided to open the compilers up to the community. In 2020, the PGI compilers were officially transitioned into the (High-Performance Computing Software Development Kit).
In the world of high-performance computing (HPC) and scientific modeling, Fortran remains the undisputed king of legacy and efficiency. For decades, scientists and engineers have relied on its robust capabilities to simulate everything from weather patterns to nuclear reactions. However, for a long time, there was a significant divide between the high-powered Unix/Linux workstations where Fortran thrived and the increasingly dominant Windows PC environment on the desktop.
The result was the end of life for the original PGI Visual Fortran as a stand-alone product. In its place, NVIDIA introduced:
If you are maintaining a codebase that requires PGI Visual Fortran (e.g., legacy CUDA Fortran for Windows), you have three options:
Let’s address the elephant in the room. Searching for will mostly lead to dead links or archived trial versions.
