SUMMARYThe # component model was proposed to meet the growing demands of new complex applications of science and engineering that require productive and efficient use of high-performance computing architectures. This paper presents the principles, intuition, and theories underlying the # component model, and the design of an architecture for programming frameworks that comply to the # component model.
Some requirements of high-performance computing (HPC), mainly regarding parallel synchronization, are not met by the service connectors of standard commercial component models. Thus, this paper analyzes the usual extensions to the notion of service connector and provides alternative solutions based on type system theory, achieving a higher-level of abstraction. A notion of "abstract connector", adopted by HPE (the # Programming Environment), is presented.
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