HPC-Unity Project

Unified Memory & Storage Space

Overview	Goals	News	Publications	Participants	Links

April 2016: Lucho Ionkov and Douglas Otstott have completed an initial application facing API. Pradeep Fernando is evaluating the API for it's ability to incorporate aspects of Georgia Tech's research on multi-tier memories and non-volatile technologies.

November 2015: The Unity Project will have their kickoff meeting and first face-to-face at Georgia Tech University in late November.
November 2015: Great News! The Office of Advanced Scientific Computing's Computer Science program recently announced that they are awarding new funds to the Unity Project for their collaborative work on investigating a novel merged I/O API. Today's bi-furcated API provides little control for performance and security concerns. Moreover, it provides zero control for emerging concerns such as power usage, resiliency, and data layout other than non-standard ioctl() calls. The Unity Project is a collaborative effort that includes Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Georgia Tech University. Unity has received its major funding through the DOE Office of Science Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program (ASCR link here, ASCR's computer science projects link here).

For further information on the Unity Project, contact Terry Jones (email trj@ornl.gov)

Funding for the HPC-Unity Project is provided by a grant from
the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science.