[Mpi3-hybridpm] Draft of hybrid prog models group goals

Pavan Balaji balaji at mcs.anl.gov
Tue Aug 18 10:00:41 CDT 2009


Thanks Alexander.

> Add MPI features necessary for efficient hybrid programming.

How about: "Ensure that MPI has the features necessary to facilitate 
efficient hybrid programming". I picked this statement from Rajeev's 
summary since it seems to say more than just "adding" MPI features.

> * Traditional thread interfaces (e.g., Pthreads, OpenMP)
> * Emerging interfaces (like TBB, OpenCL, CUDA, and Ct)
> * PGAS (UPC, CAF, etc.)

I'm mostly concerned whether we will have enough resources and/or 
experience in the working group to look into the other models at all. Whil 
it's a good goal, it might not be realistic. If we don't, we might need to 
restrict the goals of the working group to something smaller. We can 
discuss this in the telecon today.

  -- Pavan

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