Software Issues In High-Performance Computing And A Framework For The Development Of HPC Applications (1994)
| Venue: | COMPUTING, U. VISHKIN, ED.: ACM |
| Citations: | 6 - 3 self |
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@TECHREPORT{Mills94softwareissues,
author = {Peter H. Mills and Lars S. Nyland and Jan F. Prins and John H. Reif},
title = {Software Issues In High-Performance Computing And A Framework For The Development Of HPC Applications},
institution = {COMPUTING, U. VISHKIN, ED.: ACM},
year = {1994}
}
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Abstract
We identify the following key problems faced by HPC software: (1) the large gap between HPC design and implementation models in application development, (2) achieving high performance for a single application on different HPC platforms, and (3) accommodating constant changes in both problem specification and target architecture as computational methods and architectures evolve. To attack these problems, we suggest an application development methodology in which high-level architecture-independent specifications are elaborated, through an iterative refinement process which introduces architectural detail, into a form which can be translated to efficient low-level architecture-specific programming notations. A tree-structured development process permits multiple architectures to be targeted with implementation strategies appropriate to each architecture, and also provides a systematic means to accommodate changes in specification and target architecture. We describe the Pr...
