Java Grande (a.k.a. High Performance Java) in a Nutshell

10/2/98


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Java Grande (a.k.a. High Performance Java) in a Nutshell

Abstract of MIT/CMU Java Grande Presentation

What is Java Grande?

Java Grande Process: Approach and Activities

Why is Java Grande Worth Looking at?

What is the Competition?

Why could Java succeed where Fortran and C++ failed?

Three Roles of Java in Grande Computing

The 3 Roles of Java

What is Goal of Java Grande Forum?

Two types of Things we are doing

Activities of the Java Grande Forum I

Gosling on Operator Overloading

What's the Fuss about Performance?

More Details on Performance

Java Rules for Floating Point

JGF Proposed FP Execution Modes

Other Floating Point Issues

Activities of the Java Grande Forum II

RMI Performance

IIOP Performance for Java ORB’s

Java IIOP Performance for Structures

C++ ORB Much Faster than Java!

Java and multi-tier Grande Systems

Multi-Server Gateway Tier

WebFlow / JWORB Multi-Tier Model for Quantum Chemistry Simulations

WebFlow Java Applet for Quantum Chemistry

Summary of NPAC’s JWORB natural Building Block for Java Grande

Java and Parallelism?

Where are we now?

What should you do as a Java Grande believer?

What/Why is a Framework?

Proposed Java Computing Services Framework

Possible Services in a Java Computing Framework

Synergy of Parallel Computing and Web Internetics as Unifying Principle

Email: gcf@npac.syr.edu

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