Sun community-sources its HPC software

[Bohn Christopher A Capt AFRL/IFSD]

Good day,

Saw this on Slashdot:
Sun is releasing their HPC 2.0 under the Sun Community Source License
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/06/02/1735235
http://www.sun.com/servers/hpc/software/

Interestingly, their HPF compiler is listed as one of the "highlights" --
does this mean a freely-available HPF compiler?

HPC 2.0's hightlights
(http://www.sun.com/servers/hpc/software/overview.html)

HPC 2.0 supports single symmetric multiprocessors (SMPs) and clusters of
SMPs with up to 256 processors.
Sun High-Performance Fortran (HPF)  produces optimized parallel codes that
run on either a Sun HPC cluster or a single SMP system.
Prism  graphical programming environment allows developers to execute,
debug, visualize, analyze, and tune both serial and parallel programs.
Sun Scientific Subroutine Library(S3L)  provides scalable parallel functions
and tools for scientific applications.
Load Sharing Facility (LSF) optimizes load balancing, job execution, and
distributed batch scheduling.
Run-Time Environment (RTE) provides tools for optimizing parallel
application workload management, parallel resource sharing, and parallel
load balancing.
Sun MPI <configuration.html> delivers thread-safe message passing designed
for communication among multiple nodes in clusters as well as among
processes on the same symmetric multiprocessor (SMP).
Sun MPI I/O maximizes parallel I/O capabilities for message-passing among
multiple nodes in clusters.
Parallel File System(PFS)  allows parallel applications to perform
high-performance, scalable I/O across multiple storage systems in parallel.
Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM)  is a public-domain message-passing library.
PETSc is a portable, extensible toolkit for scientific computation,
providing support for sparse iterative solvers. 
Cluster Console Manager (CCM)enables administrators to open windows to each
node in a cluster and to initiate operations either across all nodes or
across subsets of nodes.
Switch Management Agent (SMA) helps the administrator configure and monitor
the SCI switch.


Take care,
cb
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