History of MPI
Began at Williamsburg Workshop in April 1992
Organized at Supercomputing 92 (November 92)
Followed HPF Forum format and process
- Met every 6 weeks for two days
- Extensive, open email discussions
- Drafts, readings, votes
Pre-final draft distributed at Supercomputing 93
Two-month public comment period
Final version of draft in May 1994
Widely available now on the Web, ftp sites, netlib
Public and optimized Vendor implementations available for Unix and Windows NT
Further MPI Forum meetings through 1995 and 1996 to discuss additions to the standard
Standard announced at Supercomputing 1996