Overview of Global Supercomputing

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Author(s): Richard S. Segall (Arkansas State University, USA)and Neha Gupta (Northeastern University, USA & Osmania University, India)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 32
Source title: Research and Applications in Global Supercomputing
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Richard S. Segall (Arkansas State University, USA), Jeffrey S. Cook (Independent Researcher, USA)and Qingyu Zhang (Shenzhen University, China)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7461-5.ch001

Keywords: Computer Science & IT / Grid & High Performance Computing / High Performance Computing / Information Science Reference

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In this chapter, a discussion is presented of what a supercomputer really is, as well as of both the top few of the world's fastest supercomputers and the overall top 500 in the world. Discussions are also of cognitive science research using supercomputers for artificial intelligence, architectural classes of supercomputers, and discussion and visualization using tables and graphs of global supercomputing comparisons across different countries. Discussion of supercomputing applications and overview of other book chapters of the entire book are all presented. This chapter serves as an introduction to the entire book and concludes with a summary of the topics of the remaining chapters of this book.

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