Introduction to High Performance Computing (HPC) and Compuational Science

• Lecture slides for the first section of the course covering course introduction, driving technology, and HPCC current status and futures.
• NPAC Technical Report (1995): Basic Issues and Current Status of Parallel Computing.
• NPAC Technical Report (1992): Prospects for Parallel Computing.
• An Application Discussion focussing on industry with three application areas : Chemistry, CFD, and Monte Carlo Simulations covered as case studies.
• A list of Grand Challenge Applications in high performance computing and communication (HPPC).
• An Overview of Recent Supercomputers (1996) by van der Steen and Dongarra.

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