TY - JOUR
T1 - Bolstering U.S. Supercomputing
AU - Graham, Susan L.
AU - Snir, Marc
AU - Patterson, Cynthia A.
PY - 2005/6
Y1 - 2005/6
N2 - In November 2004, IBM's Blue Gene/L, developed for U.S. nuclear weapons research, was declared as the fastest supercomputer on the planet. Supercomputing speed is measured in teraflops: trilions of calculations per second. Supercomputing combines extremely fast hardware with soft software that can solve the most complex computational problems. Supercomputing has become a major contributor to the economic competitiveness of the U.S. automotive, aerospace, medical, and pharmaceutical industries.
AB - In November 2004, IBM's Blue Gene/L, developed for U.S. nuclear weapons research, was declared as the fastest supercomputer on the planet. Supercomputing speed is measured in teraflops: trilions of calculations per second. Supercomputing combines extremely fast hardware with soft software that can solve the most complex computational problems. Supercomputing has become a major contributor to the economic competitiveness of the U.S. automotive, aerospace, medical, and pharmaceutical industries.
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M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:23844559270
SN - 0748-5492
VL - 21
SP - 28
EP - 32
JO - Issues in Science and Technology
JF - Issues in Science and Technology
IS - 4
ER -