| View Larger Image | Understanding Supercomputing | Paperbackby Scientific American (Author), editors at Scientific American (Author)
| List Price: | $12.95 | |
| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Grand Central Publishing | | Page Count: | 160 Pages | | Publication Date: | December 01, 2002 | | Sales Rank: | 1,424,843st |
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In this book you'll discover what constitutes a 'supercomputer', how the supercomputers of today function, how you can make your own computer into a super machine - through networking - and what tomorrow holds in store for computer usage in terms of hardware, software and everyday applications. |
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Improvements and what to use them for by W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3)  4 Stars
June 09, 2004
A recent grouping of 15 articles published in Scientific American, from 1995-2001. Though computing is still chugging along at Moore's Law's rate, these articles are still quite germane. Written at a level for a broad, educated audience, they give you a good understanding of the various key points in supercomputing.Issues include how to cluster computers into a functional unit, that can run these all efficiently (load balance). Or, how to make novel arrangements of computers into a supercomputer. Plus, of course, the steady progress of vector supercomputers, which has been the traditional route since Cray pioneered these in the 1970s.The articles are not just about how to make better supercomputers. They also discuss why you'd want to do so. The problems you can now tackle with better hardware. Meteorology being the classic (unclassified) application.
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