TornadoVM v0.14.1

Improvements

• The tornado command is replaced from a Bash to a Python script.
  • Use tornado --help to check the new options and examples.
• Support of native tests for the SPIR-V backend.
• Improvement of the OpenCL and PTX tests of the internal APIs.

Compatibility/Integration

• Integration and compatibility with the Graal 22.2.0 JIT Compiler.
• Compatibility with JDK 18 and JDK 19.
• Compatibility with Apple M1 Pro using the OpenCL backend.

Bug Fixes

• CUDA PTX generated header fixed to target NVIDIA 30xx GPUs and CUDA 11.7.
• The signature of generated PTX kernels fixed for NVIDIA driver >= 510 and 30XX GPUs when using the TornadoVM Kernel API.
• Tests of virtual OpenCL devices fixed.
• Thread deployment information for the OpenCL backend is fixed.
• TornadoVMRuntimeCI moved to TornadoVMRutimeInterface.

POM file dependencies

To obtain the TornadoVM API from maven dependencies, you need to include the following dependency in your pom file. Note that, for running the TornadoVM application, you either need a full installation of the TornadoVM or a docker instance of TornadoVM.

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>universityOfManchester-graal</id>
        <url>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/beehive-lab/tornado/maven-tornadovm</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

<dependencies>
<dependency>
    <groupId>tornado</groupId>
    <artifactId>tornado-api</artifactId>
    <version>0.14.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>tornado</groupId>
    <artifactId>tornado-matrices</artifactId>
    <version>0.14.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>