Intel oneAPI Base Toolkit

Intel oneAPI Toolkit 2024 has been release which is a developer tools with new features and enhancements that accelerate HPC, AI and also rendering applications on various platforms, including Intel CPUs, GPUs and AI accelerators. The tools are based on oneAPI, an open and unified programming model that supports C++, OpenMP, SYCL, Fortran MPI and Python. Developers can access the tools from Intel or via popular repositories and containers, and they can also use the Intel Developer Cloud to evaluate the latest Intel hardware and software.

What challenges are developers and ISVs facing?

Many data-centric workloads run best when deployed across a mix of architectures (CPU, GPU, FPGA, AI and other accelerators). However, different architectures typically require unique languages, tools and libraries, adding complexity for developers and limiting code reuse. This makes it difficult to take advantage of multiarchitecture systems and new architectures, optimize application performance, and maintain code efficiently and cost-effectively.

Intel® Software Development Tools help developers build and optimise high-performance applications efficiently through a complete set of advanced compilers, libraries, optimised frameworks, and analysis, debug and porting tools. Built on a legacy with decades of expertise, the tools support:

Familiar languages⎯C, C++, SYCL, Fortran and Python, plus standards including MPI and OpenMP, providing full continuity with existing code.

Intel CPUs, GPUs and FPGAs⎯Enabling unique hardware features such as those for performance, high-bandwidth memory, AI and rendering.

Highlights of the 2024 Intel oneAPI tools release

Intel DPC++/C++ Compiler improves productivity and code offload with a near complete SYCL 2020 implementation, an easier way to adapt C++ code using virtual functions to run with SYCL device offload, and improved error messaging and handling for SYCL and OpenMP code.

Intel Fortran Compiler provides initial Fortran 2023 standards support and adds popular LLVM sanitisers to catch various errors and bugs on CPU.

Intel oneAPI Math Kernel Library integrates vector math optimizations into RNGs for HPC simulations, statistical sampling, and more on X86 CPUs and Intel GPUs. It also delivers high-performance benchmarks optimized for Intel Xeon CPU Max Series and Intel Data Center GPU Max Series.

Intel oneAPI Data Analytics Library optimises big data analysis with integration into Microsoft’s open source ML.Net framework to build and ship machine learning models.

Intel oneAPI Deep Neural Network Library streamlines storage efficiency and optimises performance on Intel Xeon processors. It also enhances compatibility with graph compiler capabilities and advances code generation through the Compiler Xbyak backend and accelerated sparse_tensor_dense_matmul() performance on Intel Xeon processors with TensorFlow 2.5.

Intel oneAPI Threading Building Blocks (oneTBB) can be compiled on WebAssembly (Wasm) using Emscripten, facilitating the library’s use by applications running on a web browser.

Intel MPI Library simplifies large MPI message passing and provides more granular process grouping by using MPI Sessions. It also improves MPI application performance on systems with nodes that include the data genter GPU Max Series through efficient message passing and collective operations infrastructure. It enables Fortran codes to use larger data sets through seamless support of 8-byte integers with native support of ILP64. It also supports systems with software management stacks based on the PMIx standard.

Intel oneAPI Collective Communications Library boosts performance for distributed AI workloads through better utilisation of hardware resources.

Intel Integrated Performance Primitives helps users securely transmit data faster with Intel AVX-2 and Intel AVX-512 optimisations for the AES-GCM and RSA algorithms. It also provides fast performance for the image and signal processing domains with Intel AVX-512 optimisations for various functions.

Alfasoft is an Intel Software Elite Reseller. We can support you with Intel oneAPI licensing advice and discounts. Purchase the Intel oneAPI 2024 Toolkits with Priority Support to gain access to private, dedicated Intel engineer support, access to an earlier version, plus many other benefits.

Please get in touch with Alfasoft via email or call us if you have any queries or need a quote, and we will reach out to you.

Processors

• Intel® Xeon® processors
• Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
• Intel® Core™ processors

GPUs

• Intel® Processor Graphics Gen9 and above
• Xe architecture

Languages

• Data Parallel C++ (DPC++) and SYCL (Note Must have Intel oneAPI Base Toolkit installed)
• C and C++

Operating systems in Intel oneAPI Base Toolkit

• Windows
• Linux
• macOS (Not all Intel oneAPI HPC Toolkit components are available for macOS. The following components are included: Intel® C++ Compiler Classic and Intel® Fortran Compiler Classic.)

Development environments

• Compatible with compilers from Microsoft, GCC, Intel, and others that follow established language standards
• Windows: Microsoft Visual Studio
• Linux: Eclipse*

Open Fabrics Interfaces (OFI) framework implementation supporting the following

• InfiniBand*
• iWARP, RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE)
• Amazon Web Services Elastic Fabric Adapter (AWS EFA)
• Intel® Omni-Path Architecture (Intel® OPA)
• Ethernet, IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB), IP over Intel OPA

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Single-Node vs Multi-Node

• Single-Node: supported for use on laptop, notebook, desktop, PC, or workstation
• Multi-Node: supported for use on laptops, notebooks, desktops, PC, workstations and distributed memory systems ie HPC clusters
  • The applications the developer is writing will determine which option they should purchase

License Types

Named user

• 10 Workgroup (former 2-seat Concurrent). Support for up to 10 developers
• 25 Workgroup (former 5-seat Concurrent). Support for up to 250 developers
• 50 Workgroup. Support for up to 50 developers

With oneAPI Toolkit, the need for a license server has been removed. Users must be compliant with Intel’s EULA and purchase the number of seats to match the number of users who need to use the software concurrently.

• Academic
  Degree-granting institutions only; colleges and universities that teach students in higher education towards earning a degree
• Commercial
  All other users, including government and non-profit institutions that are not degree-granting
• Languages
  No language selection. Intel oneAPI Base & HPC Toolkit includes both Fortran, C++, Data Parallel C++ and Python compilers in the same SKU.
• Operating Systems
  All supported OS’s will be included in the same SKU – Windows, Linux, macOS. No OS selection.

Network licenses changes with Intel oneAPI Toolkit

Network licenses (concurrent) are still available as 2 and 5 concurrent user licenses, but these are named differently with oneAPI:

• 10 Workgroup means up to 10 developers can get support. This license type was previously called 2 Concurrent.
• 25 Workgroup means up to 25 developers can get support. This license type was previously called 5 Concurrent.
• 50 Workgroup means up to 50 developers can get support.

I.e. for oneAPI, a maximum number of developers is set for the network licenses, who can then be registered in the IRC and are entitled to request Intel technical support in the confidential Intel Online Service Center. FlexLM is no longer included for the network licenses (as was the case with IPSXE). Licensing and usage restrictions now result from the legal basis (i.e. the license agreement – EULA).

PERFORMANCE ANALYZERS & LIBRARIES

Analyzers (ie VTune Profiler and MPI) and libraries will no longer be available as standalone products.

• New licenses will only be available through the purchase of oneAPI Base or oneAPI Base & HPC Toolkit Single Node or Multi-Node, depending on the product.
• Upgrade Promotions to oneAPI are available for existing users with active support

EXISTING USERS – WHAT’S NEXT IN INTEL ONEAPI BASE TOOLKIT?

All registered users of Intel Parallel Studio and Intel System Studio (ISPXE or ISS) with active support will receive an email from Intel with the option to upgrade to the oneAPI product corresponding to their existing product free of charge.

• If the user chooses the free upgrade option, their existing legacy product will be retired, and a new serial number will be issued to the same support end date as their legacy product.
• Once upgraded to oneAPI, users will be eligible for all version updates & upgrades that Intel releases for oneAPI while their support agreement is active.
• For continued support, eligible users can purchase oneAPI SSR SKUs
• If the user does not choose to upgrade to oneAPI, the user can continue using their existing product, but they will not receive any new version updates (unless there are security bug fixes)
• They will only be able to stay on the version they currently own.
• Users with active support will continue to have the free upgrade link available to them while support for their license remains active. Once support expires, the free upgrade option will go away.
• Users who have support in the post-expiry renewal range can purchase a post-expiry SSR SKU for their existing product to get their support active. Then, they will receive a link to upgrade to oneAPI for free as part of their service & support agreement.

ONEAPI UPGRADE PROMOTION: AVAILABLE TO IPSXE USERS WITH ACTIVE SUPPORT AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE FOR A LIMITED TIME

• The Upgrade Promo SKU might be a more cost-effective option for existing Composer Edition users to purchase instead of selecting the free oneAPI Upgrade offer, depending on the type of license they own.
• Users need to be aware that the Upgrade Promotions are ONLY eligible for purchase BEFORE they click the “Upgrade” to oneAPI if they are currently under active support.
• Once a user upgrades for free, the upgrade promotion goes away.
• New Update: IPSXE users who have support which has expired less than 6 months can also purchase an oneAPI Upgrade Promotion SKU.
• With this purchase, a new serial number will be issued with 12 months of support extended from their current support expiration date.

ONEAPI UPGRADE in Intel oneAPI Base Toolkit

• Upgrade to another suite with additional capabilities, i.e. from oneAPI Base Toolkit to oneAPI Base & HPC Toolkit
• Upgrade from oneAPI Single-Node to Multi-Node
• With this purchase, a new serial number will be issued with 12 months of support extended from their current support expiration date.

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Intel oneAPI Toolkits Comparison

Intel oneAPI Base Toolkit Support

Alfasoft offer paid licenses of Intel oneAPI software with support.

• 1 & 3-year support options will be available for all toolkits
• Additional years of support can be added with the corresponding pre-expiry renewal SKU

Support with oneAPI Toolkit includes

• Submit questions, problems and other technical support questions
• Monitor issues you’ve submitted previously
• Direct and private interaction with Intel’s support engineers, including the ability to submit confidential support requests
• Accelerated response time for technical questions and other product needs
• Free download access to all new product updates and continued access to older versions of the product
• Priority assistance for escalated defects and feature requests
• Access to a vast library of self-help documentation built from decades of experience with creating high-performance code
• Access to Intel public community forums supported by community technical experts and monitored by Intel engineers

What’s included with Intel Priority Support? (video)

Without paid support, support for free tools is only available through public community forums and only for the latest version update of the current year.

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