Understanding Supercomputing

This resource explains what constitutes a supercomputer, how the supercomputers of today function, how to make a personal computer into a super machine through networking, and what tomorrow holds in store for computer usage in terms of hardware, software, and everyday applications.

Foreword

vii

David A. Patterson

Introduction

1

(4)

Sandy Fritz

Blitzing Bits

5

(8)

W. Wayt Gibbs

The Law of More

13

(6)

W. Wayt Gibbs

Getting More from Moore's

19

(10)

Gary Stix

The Future of the Transistor

29

(14)

Robert W. Keyes

Microprocessors in 2020

43

(8)

David A. Patterson

A Vertical Leap for Microchips

51

(11)

Thomas H. Lee

The Semiconducting Menagerie

62

(7)

Ivan Amato

Engineering Microscopic Machines

69

(8)

Kaigham J. Gabriel

From Chips to Cubes

77

(4)

W. Wayt Gibbs

Quantum-Mechanical Computers

81

(15)

Seth Lloyd

Quantum Computing with Molecules

96

(12)

Neil Gershenfeld

Isaac L. Chuang

Computing with Light

108

(5)

Graham P. Collins

The Do-It-Yourself Supercomputer

113

(13)

William W. Hargrove

Forrest M. Hoffman

Thomas Sterling

Tackling Turbulence with Supercomputers

126

(14)

Parviz Moin

John Kim

How to Build a Hypercomputer

140

(15)

Thomas Sterling

Conclusion

155

(2)

Index

157

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Understanding Supercomputing

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