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Providing a Flexible and Comprehensive Software Stack Via Spack, an Extreme-Scale Scientific Software Stack, and Software Development Kits

Journal Article · · Computing in Science and Engineering
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  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  2. Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR (United States)
  3. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
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To manage the complex demands of modern high-performance computing (HPC), software applications increasingly depend on software developed by other teams, often at other institutions. An HPC software ecosystem approach is required to support dependencies on third-party scientific software. An ecosystem approach provides layers of activity above the individual software product level that promote interoperability, quality improvement, porting, testing, and deployment. The U.S. Exascale Computing Project (ECP) developed its HPC software ecosystem using a three-pronged approach. First, the ECP adopted and invested in Spack, a package manager designed to handle complex HPC package dependencies. Second, the ECP created the Extreme Scale Scientific Software Stack, an effort that supports developing, deploying, and running scientific applications on HPC platforms. Third, the ECP supported software product communities, or software development kits, to develop and promote best practices, improve software interoperability, and other collaborative efforts. This article describes ECP contributions to HPC software ecosystem challenges.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344; NA0003525
OSTI ID:
2449726
Report Number(s):
LLNL--JRNL-869530; 1106045
Journal Information:
Computing in Science and Engineering, Journal Name: Computing in Science and Engineering Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 26; ISSN 1521-9615
Publisher:
IEEE Computer SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
ecosystems
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