@Article{thakur:jpassion,
  author = {Rajeev Thakur and Alok Choudhary and Rajesh Bordawekar and Sachin
  More and Sivaramakrishna Kuditipudi},
  title = {Passion: Optimized {I/O} for Parallel Applications},
  journal = {IEEE Computer},
  year = {1996},
  month = {June},
  volume = {29},
  number = {6},
  pages = {70--78},
  publisher = {IEEE Computer Society Press},
  URL = {http://www.computer.org/computer/co1996/r6070abs.htm},
  keywords = {parallel I/O, pario-bib},
  abstract = {Parallel computers with peak performance of more than 100
  Gflops/second are already available to solve a variety of problems in a range
  of disciplines. However, the input/output performance of these machines is a
  poor reflection of their true computational power. \par To improve the I/O
  performance of parallel programs with distributed multidimensional arrays, we
  have developed a software library called Passion (Parallel, Scalable Software
  for Input/Output). Passion's routines are designed to read or write either
  entire distributed arrays or sections of such arrays. Passion also frees the
  programmer from many of the tedious tasks associated with performing I/O in
  parallel programs and has a high-level interface that makes it easy to
  specify the required I/O. \par We have implemented Passion on Intel's
  Paragon, Touchstone Delta, and iPSC/860 systems, and on the IBM SP system. We
  have also made it publicly available through the World Wide Web
  (http://www.cat.syr.edu/passion.html). We are in the process of porting the
  library to other machines and extending its functionality.},
  comment = {See thakur:passion, choudhary:passion.}
}