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19 September 1997
Foil 53 III. Key drivers: The Need for PetaFLOPS Computing
From
Master Set of Foils for 1997 Session of CPS615 CPS615 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science --
Fall Semester 97
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by
Geoffrey C. Fox
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Applications that require petaFLOPS can already be identified
(DOE) Nuclear weapons stewardship
(NSA) Cryptology and digital signal processing
(NASA and NSF) Satellite data assimilation and climate modeling
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The need for ever greater computing power will remain.
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PetaFLOPS systems are right step for the next decade
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