PETSC in the future...

[Tomasz Jankowski]

Hello,

I'm not even beginner user of PETSC (about three years ago I have 
only successfully passed by - quick installation of petsc + quick diskless 
cluster setup + few nights of old code adjustment + few months of 
computations), but I have question to PETSC developers (which is result of 
Christmas meditations or rather Christmas surfeit ;-) ).

Two weeks ago I have taken place in cell processor programming workshop. 
It seems that NEW is coming to us. It seems that never ending cpu clock 
picking up has just finished. It seems that if we will need speed up of 
computations in hpc we will need to switch - start writing & new rewrite 
our old soft! - to such specialized processors like powerxcell or developed by
clearspeed math coprocessors. So my question is: could someone of PETSC
developers comment this subject?
Are you going to port PETSC to one of such emerging architectures or maybe 
to all? Is it fast&easy or another missionimpossible? or maybe 
it is only commercial propaganda of guys from ibm and NEW is NOT comming 
to us...?

tom


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