The MPI Process


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  • Began at Williamsburg Workshop in April, 1992
  • Organized at Supercomputing '92 (November)
  • Followed HPF format and process
  • Met every six weeks for two days
  • Extensive, open email discussions
  • Drafts, readings, votes
  • Pre-final draft distributed at Supercomputing '93
  • Two-month public comment period
  • Final version of draft in May, 1994
  • Widely available now on the Web, ftp sites, netlib (http://www.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/index.html)
  • Public implementations available
  • Vendor implementations coming soon



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