Ironman Summary ...

• Dumps message passing as compiler communication

• Replace w/ 4 calls saying what/when, but not how

  • DR(), SR(), DN(), SV()

• Strategy derives from CTA’s abstract specification

  • No memory organization stated

• Bindings customize to hardware’s mechanism

• Versatility covers commercial & prototype machines

  • message passing (all forms), shmem, shared, differential, ...

• Ironman concepts extended to other cases

  • Collective communication

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