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Foil 23 Superficial Observations on High Performance Computing-I

From CPS615-Introduction-Course,Driving Technology and HPCC Current Status and Futures CPS615 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science -- Fall Semester 96. by Geoffrey C. Fox *
Secs 87
1 Parallel Computing Works!
2 Technology well understood for Science and Engineering
  • Good parallel algorithms, several examples of major applications in many fields exploring range of issues
  • Data and Message Parallel programming models developed
3 Supercomputing market small (few percent at best) and probably decreasing in size
  • Essential to have good common software infrastructure
  • Productivity tools -- Software Engineering -- Programming Support tools POOR
  • The parallel software "industry" is very small
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