A1 is a completely rewritten implementation of ARMCI-like one-sided communication, i.e. an alternative runtime system for Global Arrays.
- low-latency/high-bandwidth
- scalability to at least one million processes
- thread-safety
- modular design ala MPICH
- interoperability with MPI
- software quality (readable, documented source code and robust build system)
- productive interaction with vendors
The Blue Gene/P implementation over DCMF was essentially complete when we transitioned away from this project in favor of more adventurous projects like MPI-3 and OSPRI.
Jeff Hammond, Sreeram Potluri and Pavan Balaji worked on this project from 2010 to 2012.