- Standards Progress: HPC and Advanced Computing 2026
- Chapter 6 · Readings
Readings from the other desks
Readings from the other desks: cross-references to their editions for the same scope, not copies of them.
6.1Standards and regulatory watch: the Nexus Standards reading in the GCRI edition
The instruments that shape the systems of HPC and Advanced Computing, as printed in the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) Systems Evidence edition. Instruments and published guidance that shape the systems in this edition, by status on the retrieval date. The edition assesses no one’s compliance.
| Instrument | Body | Scope | Status | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPI 5.0 [16] | MPI Forum | global | PUBLISHED 2025 | message passing |
| OpenMP 6.0 [15] | OpenMP Architecture Review Board | global | PUBLISHED 2024 | shared-memory parallelism |
| OpenMP technical report 15 [15] | OpenMP Architecture Review Board | global | DRAFT 2026 | public comment draft of 6.1 |
| Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1364 [34] | European Commission | EU | IN FORCE | data centre reporting scheme |
| EU data centre rating scheme [35] | European Commission | EU | DRAFT 2026 | preparatory working draft (2026) |
| ISO/IEC 30134-2 [36] | ISO and IEC | global | PUBLISHED · VOLUNTARY | power usage effectiveness |
| BIS advanced computing due diligence rule [13] [33] | US Department of Commerce | US | PUBLISHED 2025 | licence and designer timeline |
| EU Chips Act, Regulation (EU) 2023/1781 [25] | European Union | EU | IN FORCE | semiconductor policy |
| EuroHPC Council Regulations 2024/1732 and 2026/150 [11] | Council of the EU | EU | IN FORCE | joint undertaking budget |
| TOP500 and Green500 list rules [1] [3] | TOP500 project | global | PUBLISHED · VOLUNTARY | list submission |
6.2Readings from the other desks
Cross-references to the other desks’ editions for the same subject, never copies of them.
| Desk | Edition | State | Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standards Progress | Standards Progress: HPC and Advanced Computing 2026 | In preparation | NR-NXS-XT-07-2026-BASELINE (reserved) |
| GCRI Systems Evidence | Systems Evidence: HPC and Advanced Computing 2026 | Drafted, in stewardship review | NR-XTECH-HPC-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 |
| GRF Public Deliberation | Outside this desk’s remit | Not in remit | |
| GRA Capital Readiness | Outside this desk’s remit | Not in remit | |
| Academy Capability | Capability: HPC and Advanced Computing 2026 | In preparation | NR-RA-XT-07-2026-BASELINE (reserved) |
| Index Measurement | Outside this desk’s remit | Not in remit |
6.3Contribute to this chapter
The state of the Nexus Standards parts and of the external standards they adopt: adoption, conformance attested by those who apply them, crosswalks, and domain and industry profiles. The parts are preparatory working drafts (2026); conformance is attestation, not certification. Material for this chapter goes to the Standards Progress desk; what belongs to another desk is forwarded, not refused.
Nexus Standards reads an edition for standards progress: what was adopted, what conformed, what crosswalks exist and what is still a gap.
If you adopted or assessed a standard, send the clause, the version and the evidence. The desk will map it to the profile it belongs in.
