HPCC & TeraFlops

HPCC Program: Conceived in late 1980’s
Key Goal: Tera(fl)op by turn of century
- Spurred new architectures, esp. MPPs
- 1 TF in sight! Eg. Recent Intel Award
Major impediment: 1 TF = BIG MACHINE!
Final component: Embedded HPCC
- NASA’s REE Program recently initiated

We have declared Success!