\chapter{Introduction}
\label{chapter:intro}

plapack is the complete overhaul of the old PLAPACK interface 
for the C programming language.
One of the biggest differences is the change in the data
distribution.  The interface is dramatically changed to reflect
the merging of FLAME (Formal Linear Algebra Methods Environment) 
and MPI (Message-Passing Interface).

Citing FLAWN \#27 just to get bibliography to load~\cite{FLAWN27}.
