1	SNAPP Technology Presentation A New Paradigm For Software Development And Execution Using The “Run-time Compiler” (RTC) Technology
2	Traditional Approaches Application development using compilers Usually used for high performance applications Application portability issues Hardware/OS specific binary object code Relatively difficult to maintain Changes to source require a recompile Large code bases can take a long time to compile and recompile
3	Traditional Approaches (cont.) Application development using interpreters Application code is interpreted and executed line-by-line resulting in slower execution speed Application code is more Portable Code should work identically on any platform that supports the software interpreter Application code is easier to maintain Code can be changed quickly and executed “On-the-Fly” requiring no time consuming recompiling
4	Examples of Compiled/Interpreted Applications Compiled Applications Productivity Applications – Word processors, spreadsheet, database engines, etc. High performance and computationally Intensive programs – Encryption software, signal processing programs, modeling/scientific software, games, etc. Interpreted Applications Webpage scripts Application Installation scripts “Quick-and-dirty” utility programs
5	Overview of a Traditional Compiled Software Application
6	Overview of High Performance Polymorphic Application!
7	Polymorphic Applications Built with RTC Technology Best Of Both Worlds! Programs are extremely flexible Algorithms can be redefined anytime “On-the-fly” just like interpreted software applications Programs execute quickly RTC complied algorithms execute at speeds similar to compiled/hard coded instructions
8	RTC Technology Attributes Prototype RTC currently compiles symbolic mathematical expressions and equations Symbolic math is the most powerful “universal” language The RTC Technology can also be adapted to implement other types of instructions (e.g. Motion control, cellular automation, bit-mixing, etc.) Platform independent Compiler is implemented in standard C++ Portable to any hardware/software platform RTC module has an extremely small footprint Less than 100 KB Embeddable in any application framework The RTC can be integrated with, or linked to, any application giving that application the ability to compile algorithms “on-the-fly”!
9	Distributed Processing Using RTC Technology The RTC can easily be packaged to take advantage of industry standard distributed processing technologies! CORBA (UNIX/LINUX/Microsoft) ActiveX - DCOM (Microsoft) Using these technologies, the RTC software module(s) can run across process and system boundaries!
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11	SNAPP RTC Technology Grid System RTC Technology can be integrated into SNAPP Object intelligent agent application software SNAPP Objects implement a CORBA interface SNAPP Objects can be created by application software and/or other SNAPP Objects forming a multidimensional mesh of computational nodes The SNAPP Objects implement a RTC interface which accept, compile, and evaluate dynamic mathematical functions on behalf of the controlling application
12	SNAPP Key Vision USB 2.0 peripheral – Over 400 MB/sec xfer rate Full Linux system on a stick Thumb/Pen drive form factor, powered directly off USB port Quickly Boots Up and networks with host systems using USB port Optimized to support CORBA based SNAPP Objects Provides “Grid support” for demanding applications
13	Application Developers Enjoy Benefits of fundamental RTC technology in SNAPP Objects Greatly Improves and speeds software development process Applications automatically become grid enabled through the SNAPP Object technology SNAPP Objects will form computational meshes on standalone, LANs, WANs, and Internet Implementing SNAPP Object grid technology is transparent to the developer Applications should run with or without grid infrastructure Applications automatically become SNAPPKey enabled Developers can take advantage of special high performance SNAPPKey peripherals