Ralph, I mentioned at dinner how much I like listening to UCB Prof. Kathy Yelick's lectures. Here's some slides I found of hers. She is also associate lab director of NERSC at LBNL.
http://newscenter.lbl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/yelick-berkeleyview-july081.pdf http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/hpc/salishan/pdfs/Salishan%20slides/Yelick.pdf http://www.hpcsw.org/presentations/wed/yelick.pdf Here's the UCB web page about their view of HPC/Parallel computing. http://view.eecs.berkeley.edu/wiki/Main_Page I think the one-way (DMA) messaging model is very important, especially when it can be hidden and automatically (and correctly) done by the compiler (requires new languages?). Any time you get a chance to hear her (or invite her to speak) you will enjoy it. The work they are doing there will inform you to benefit your own work. Larry Baker US Geological Survey 650-329-5608 ba...@usgs.gov
