Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

This document has been prepared as a response to the High End Computing Revitalization Task Force (HECRTF) call for white papers. Our main goal is to identify mechanism necessary for the design and implementation of an infrastructure to support development of high-end scientific and engineering software tools and applications. This infrastructure will provide a plethora of software services to facilitate the efficient deployment of future HEC technology as well as collaborations among researchers and engineers across disciplines and institutions. In particular, we address here the following points; Key software technologies that must be advanced to strengthen the foundation for developing new generations of HEC systems. A Software Infrastructure for minimizing "time to solution" by users of HEC systems.