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Foil 9 MAJOR FINDINGS PetaSoft `96

From PetaFlop(JNAC) Overview Presentations -- Results of Studies and Next Steps JNAC (PetaFlops) Presentation -- August 28,1996. by Paul Smith DoE
1 Importance of software
2 Need for explicit, low-level control of hardware
3 Need for a layered software architecture
4 Existence of fundamental systems software scaling problems
5 Opportunities for immediate software effort
6 Interrelationship of hardware and low-level software
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