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9780446679572

Understanding Supercomputing

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    9780446679572

  • ISBN10:

    0446679577

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-12-01
  • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

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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