Benefits

The benefits of creating a unifying parallelization library are as follows:

• Timeliness: The PPF will perform much of the work of parallelization so the code does not have to be re-written for each package.
• Efficiency: The PPF will ensure efficiency in message passing by limiting the amount of data that is passed, and only passing data when appropriate.
• Consistency: Packages using PPF can be contrasted because a unifying parallel framework provides consistent performance in the parallel regions.
• Accuracy: The PPF will ensure accuracy in parallelization so that particles are not lost, transported incorrectly or delayed.