Unmatched : 50 years of supercomputing.

"The rapid and extraordinary progress of supercomputing over the past half-century is a powerful demonstration of our relentless drive to understand and shape the world around us. In this book, David Barkai offers a unique and compelling account of this remarkable technological journey, drawing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barkai, David (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Chapman & Hall/CRC computational science series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Short introduction to scientific computing
  • Part I. The epoch of big iron. In the old days. . .
  • Vector processors
  • Vectorizing applications
  • Numerical weather prediction
  • Vector processors for weather
  • Part II. The epoch of multiprocessors. Macro parallelism
  • Making use of multi-processors
  • Attached processors, microprocessors, and mini-supers
  • Studying the standard model
  • HPC for the automotive design : early days
  • End of an era
  • Part III. The epoch of microprocessors. Toward massive parallelism
  • Engineering with HPC
  • HPC for the aero industry
  • The WRF story
  • Planning ahead
  • Part IV. The epoch of clusters. Standardization
  • HPC at intel
  • High productivity in HPC
  • Weather models' impact on our lives
  • Computational life sciences
  • Genomics and beyond
  • Part V. The epoch of accelerators and cloud. Codesign
  • The changing face of HPC
  • HPC in the cloud
  • The NCAR models
  • Modeling the earth system
  • HPC, cloud and AI for engineering
  • Two scientific anecdotes : LIGO, fusion
  • The COVID-19 campaign
  • Part VI. Wrap-up and outlook. P is for performance
  • Fortran : the Coarrays story
  • Fortran today
  • Thoughts from the guardians of Fortran
  • Measure of HPC impact
  • Looking forward.