Supercomputing Resurrected. Claire Tristram.
by Tristram, Claire; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 66Science. Publisher: Technology Review, 2003ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Computer engineering | Computer simulation | Computers -- Government use | Parallel processing (Electronic computers) | Supercomputers | Technological innovations | Technology -- Japan | Technology and stateDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Last March [2002] the Japanese government fired up a computer that soon proved to be the fastest in the world, in some cases outperforming the next-fastest computer by a factor of 10. The Earth Simulator, built by NEC, took four years to assemble and cost at least $350 million." (TECHNOLOGY REVIEW) This article examines NEC's supercomputer's speed and use in the study of global warming and discusses the United States' attempt to catch up to Japan in the field of supercomputing.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Supercomputing Resurrected, Feb. 2003; pp. 52+.
"Last March [2002] the Japanese government fired up a computer that soon proved to be the fastest in the world, in some cases outperforming the next-fastest computer by a factor of 10. The Earth Simulator, built by NEC, took four years to assemble and cost at least $350 million." (TECHNOLOGY REVIEW) This article examines NEC's supercomputer's speed and use in the study of global warming and discusses the United States' attempt to catch up to Japan in the field of supercomputing.
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