Basic HTML version of Foils prepared May 7 1996

Foil 2 Lecture 1: An Introduction to the Concepts and Issues

From MetaComputing -- MRA Meeting Part I:Concepts and Issues Tutorial for CRPC MRA Meeting at Cornell -- May 7 1996. by Mark Baker, Geoffrey Fox
Overview
A Brief History of Scientific Computing
- Performance of Supercomputers and Networks
Some Terminology (1 - 5)
The Need for Supercomputing - A Rationale for Metacomputing
- Some Examples
- Current Access to Resources
- Need for Alternatives
- Computer Architectures
- Why Use Parallel Computing Techniques

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