In modern time the focus of parallel computer development is being shifted from the processor perspective to the memory system perspective. If we will go to the Moore's law we will find the reason, which says that the performance processor in general doubled in each 18 months and in recent years...

The black-box model of software development outsourcing is prevalent and usually works well. The assumption embedded in this approach is that the vendor can successfully solve a client organization's business problem without either organization having to deeply understand each others' domains....

This report contains information on the 101 projects (92 application experiments and nine dissemination actions) launched in the pilot phase of the European systems and software initiative (ESSI), a group of actions aimed at promoting the adoption of software best practice. After a short...