An overview of high performance computers, and performance issues
Jack DongarraUniversity of Tennessee & Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tuesday July 6, 2.00 p.m. CNRM Conference Room
Abstract :
Over the last ten years the number of high performance computers for scientific computing has increased at a tremendous pace. Initially, these computers were fast scalar machines. Their designs then evolved to pipelined computers, which in turn evolved to vector processors. Today, high performance computers are again built out of fast scalar machines but now put together in a parallel configuration. This talk surveys the range of computers available. We touch on the various commercially available high-performance computers that are in use and those that are planned for the near future and examine performance issues.
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