Motivation for a New Design


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  • Message Passing now mature as programming paradigm
    -- well understood
    -- efficient match to hardware
    -- many applications

  • Vendor systems not portable
  • Portable systems are mostly research projects
    -- incomplete
    -- lack vendor support
    -- not at most efficient level



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