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Foil 42 Findings 5) and 6) -- Layered Software

From HPCC Futures Topic 2:A Possible PetaFlop Initiative Trip to China -- July 12-28,96. by Geoffrey Fox, Peter Kogge * See also color IMAGE

5)One needs a layered (hierarchical) software model which supports an efficient use of multiple levels of abstraction in a single program.
  • Higher levels of Programming model hide extraneous complexity
  • highest layers are application dependent Problem Solving Environments and lower levels are machine dependent
  • Lower levels can be accessed for additional performance
  • e.g. HPF Extrinsics. Gcc ASM, MATLAB Fortran Routines, Native classes in Java
6)One needs a set of software tools which match the layered software (programming model)
  • Debuggers, Performance and load balancing tools


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