This book features chapters which explore algorithms, programming languages, systems, tools and theoretical models aimed at high performance computing on heterogeneous networks of computers.

Industrial Applications of High-Performance Computing: Best Global Practices offers a global overview of high-performance computing (HPC) for industrial applications, along with a discussion of software challenges, business models, access models (e.g., cloud computing), public-private partnerships, simulation and modeling, visualization, big data analysis, and governmental and industrial influence. Featuring the contributions of leading experts from 11 different countries, this authoritative book: Provides a brief history of the development of the supercomputer Describes the supercomputing environments of various government entities in terms of policy and service models Includes a case study section that addresses more subtle and technical aspects of industrial supercomputing Shows how access to supercomputing matters, and how supercomputing can be used to solve large-scale and complex science and engineering problems Emphasizes the need for collaboration between companies, political organizations, government agencies, and entire nations Industrial Applications of High-Performance Computing: Best Global Practices supplies computer engineers and researchers with a state-of-the-art supercomputing reference. This book also keeps policymakers and industrial decision-makers informed about the economic impact of these powerful technological investments.

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We're all familiar with computers and the concept of doing work via these silicon-chip-driven modern wonders. The technological advances have been stunning: a typical handheld computing device today has more computing power than a 1960s computer that took up an entire room. In today's world, computing size is inversely proportional to computer speed: The smaller the computer, the faster it works. With computing speed just about doubling every eighteen months, today's processing power is more than 100 million times that of a computer in 1970.

What does the future hold for computers and their ever-growing power? In Scientific American's UNDERSTANDING SUPERCOMPUTING, you'll discover what constitutes a "supercomputer," how supercomputers function, and how you can make your own computer into a super machine (it's a matter of networking). From a chess computer that can beat the world's greatest human player to machines that control satellite communications, find out what tomorrow holds in store for supercomputers in terms of hardware, software, and everyday applications.

High Performance Computing (HPC) is the area of supercomputers, the fastest and best systems of their time. Most supercomputers are used to solve scientific problems, be it weather forecasting, simulation of car crashes or wind tunnels, modeling of proteins in bio-chemical research, or for simulation of atom-bomb tests. The book deals with systems that are in practical use for such application areas. In the first part, the history of supercomputers is described, and it is shown which properties and trends will remain in the future. The second part describes all aspects of High Performance Computing, from chip technology over computer and cluster architecture, up to software, algorithms, and applications. The third part explores the practice of HPC planning: system selection, benchmarks, acceptance tests, and implementation of HPC environments. Finally, the book closes with an outlook on current trends and visions like Grid Computing.