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Foil 1 Suggested Software Strategy for JNAC (aka Petaflops) Initiative

From Software Strategy for JNAC (PetaFlops) Initiative JNAC (PetaFlops) Presentation -- August 28,1996. by Geoffrey C. Fox
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Table of Contents for Software Strategy for JNAC (PetaFlops) Initiative

1 Suggested Software Strategy for JNAC (aka Petaflops) Initiative
2 Some Key Observations on PetaSoft Software
3 Architectural Framework from PetaSoft Meeting
4 Hierarchy from Application to Complex Computer
5 The Current HPCC Program Execution Model (PEM) illustratrated by MPI/HPF
6 The PetaSoft Program Execution Model
7 Some Examples of a Layered Software System
8 Features of JNAC Software Implementation Strategy
9 Role of The Architecture Review Board
10 The Five Key JNAC Software Development Areas
11 Now we follow with A Comparison of JNAC and HPCC
12 Comparison of HPCC and JNAC - I
13 Comparison of HPCC and JNAC - II
14 Comparison of HPCC and JNAC - III
15 The Rest of Presentation is for Background Only!
16 Examples of Machine Specific Software
17 Examples of Operating System Services I
18 Examples of Operating System Services II
19 General Philosophy from PetaSoft Meeting
20 Features of the The Layered Software Model
21 PetaSoft Findings 1) and 2) -- Memory Hierarchy
22 PetaSoft Findings 3) and 4) -- Using Memory Hierarchy
23 PetaSoft Findings 5) and 6) -- Layered Software
24 PetaSoft Recommendations 1) to 3) Memory and Software Hierarchy
25 Time for a Software Revolution?
26 Hierarchy from Application to Complex Computer
27 The 8 NSF Point Designs
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