SDK Components

1. Standard Libraries - including:
   • High-Level Classes - defining "chores" to be executed in parallel
     and "workues", sophisticated queues implementing run-time services.
   • Core message passing Functions following the MPI industrial standard.
   
   
2. Complete Development Environment - with a User interface to assemble and manage
   Computing Spaces during development time. To observe the Computing Space status,
   textually or graphically [see the Space Tree in the lower right pane below]. It deals with
   • machines - enrolling or deleting.
   • computation tasks - local and remote monitoring or debugging.
   • connection/disconnection - to/from a local or remote Computing Space.

3. Analysis Tools - a practical guide to parallelism in different applications, algorithms and configurations:
   • "getting started" examples
   • basic rules to follow and "tips",
   • speedup measurement tools and techniques
   • comprehensive list of references

Run-Time Services

• load balance - balanced distribution of amounts of work to maximize efficiency;
• reliability and safety - correct results even if some machines or links fail.

PCSpace Features

• Platform and Operating System Independence - any mix of PC's,
  workstations, SMPs and Blade Servers - running on the operating systems in the market.
  The types or number of machines may change even during a computation.
• Network Independence - assured by TCP/IP, the communication protocol standard.
  Message passing libraries sit upon these standards, thus are portable.
• Mobility in Computing - anytime and from any location, as a result of
  safe and flexible connection/disconnection functions.
• Security - preserved within the Computing Space: only the owner modifies access conditions.
• Languages of the Industry - programming by inserting calls to library functions,
  in widely used languages (C, C++, JAVA) using standard off-the-shelf IDE's.
  FORTRAN legacy codes are also possible.