High-Performance Computing
Today
u In the past decade, the world has experienced one
of the most exciting periods in computer
development.
u Microprocessors have become smaller, denser, and
more powerful.
u The result is that microprocessor-based
supercomputing is rapidly becoming the technology
of preference in attacking some of the most
important problems of science and engineering.
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