The HDF5 Library

• New API and programming model

• Smaller, better, faster

• Able to support parallel I/O better

• OO compatible

• C & Fortran still primary, others considered

• I/O performance emphasized

• Current platforms

  • ASCI: IBM SP2, SGI Origin 2000, Intel Teraflop
  • Solaris, Linux, HPUX, IRIX, NT

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