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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954372703321

Titolo

Getting up to speed : the future of supercomputing / / Susan L. Graham, Marc Snir, and Cynthia A. Patterson, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2005

ISBN

9786610208623

9780309165518

0309165512

9781280208621

1280208627

9780309546799

0309546796

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GrahamSusan L

SnirMarc

PattersonCynthia A

Disciplina

004.1/1

Soggetti

High performance computing

Supercomputers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Committee on the Future of Supercomputing, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction and Context -- 2 Explanation of Supercomputing -- 3 Brief History of Supercomputing -- 4 The Demand for Supercomputing -- 5 Today's Supercomputing Technology -- 6 Supercomputing Infrastructures and Institutions -- 7 Supercomputing Abroad -- 8 A Policy Framework -- 9 Stewardship and Funding of Supercomputing -- 10 The Future of Supercomputing- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendixes -- A Committee Member and Staff Biographies -- B Speakers and Participants at Meetings and Site Visits -- C List of White Papers Prepared for the Applications Workshop -- D Glossary and Acronym List.



Sommario/riassunto

Supercomputers play a significant and growing role in a variety of areas important to the nation. They are used to address challenging science and technology problems. In recent years, however, progress in supercomputing in the United States has slowed. The development of the Earth Simulator supercomputer by Japan that the United States could lose its competitive advantage and, more importantly, the national competence needed to achieve national goals. In the wake of this development, the Department of Energy asked the NRC to assess the state of U.S. supercomputing capabilities and relevant R&D. Subsequently, the Senate directed DOE in S. Rpt. 107-220 to ask the NRC to evaluate the Advanced Simulation and Computing program of the National Nuclear Security Administration at DOE in light of the development of the Earth Simulator. This report provides an assessment of the current status of supercomputing in the United States including a review of current demand and technology, infrastructure and institutions, and international activities. The report also presents a number of recommendations to enable the United States to meet current and future needs for capability supercomputers.