Unmatched

ISBN-13: 9780367481131 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 360 str.

David Barkai

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Unmatched: 50 Years of Supercomputing: A Personal Journey Accompanying the Evolution of a Powerful Tool

The rapid and extraordinary progress of supercomputing over the past half-century is a powerful demonstration of our relentless drive to understand and shape the world around us. In this book, David Barkai offers a unique and compelling account of this remarkable technological journey, drawing from his own rich experiences working at the forefront of high-performance computing (HPC).

This book is a journey delineated as five decade-long ‘epochs’ defined by the systems’ architectural themes: vector processors, multi-processors, microprocessors, clusters, and accelerators and cloud computing. The final part examines key issues of HPC and discusses where it might be headed.

A central goal of this book is to show how computing power has been applied, and, more importantly, how it has impacted and benefitted society. To this end, the use of HPC is illustrated in a range of industries and applications, from weather and climate modeling to engineering and life sciences. As such, this book appeals to both students and general readers with an interest in HPC, as well as industry professionals looking to revolutionize their practice.

In this book, David Barkai offers a unique and compelling account of this remarkable technological journey, drawing from his own rich experiences working at the forefront of high-performance computing.

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Foreword
Preface

Acknowledgements

Short Introduction to Scientific Computing

Part I The Epoch of Big Iron

Chapter 1: In the Old Days…

Chapter 2: Vector Processes

Chapter 3: Vectorizing Applications

Chapter 4: Numerical Weather Prediction

Chapter 5: Vector Processors for Weather

Part II The Epoch of Multiprocessors

Chapter 6: Macro Parallelism

Chapter 7: Making Use of Multi-Processors

Chapter 8: Attached Processors, Microprocessors, and Mini-Supers

Chapter 9: Studying the Standard Model

Chapter 10: HPC for the Automotive Design – Early Days

Chapter 11: End of an Era

Part III The Epoch of Microprocessors

Chapter 12: Towards Massive Parallelism

Chapter 13: Engineering with HPC

Chapter 14: HPC for the Aero Industry

Chapter 15: The WRF Story

Chapter 16: Planning Ahead

Part IV The Epoch of Clusters

Chapter 17: Standardization

Chapter 18: HPC at Intel

Chapter 19: High Productivity in HPC

Chapter 20: Weather Models’ Impact on Our Lives

Chapter 21: Computational Life Sciences

Chapter 22: Genomics and Beyond

Part V The Epoch of Accelerators and Cloud

Chapter 23: Codesign

Chapter 24 The Changing Face of HPC

Chapter 25: HPC in the Cloud

Chapter 26: The NCAR Models

Chapter 27: Modelling the Earth System

Chapter 28: HPC, Cloud and AI for Engineering

Chapter 29: Two Scientific Anecdotes: LIGO, Fusion

Chapter 30: The COVID-19 Campaign

Part VI Wrap Up and Outlook

Chapter 31: P is for Performance

Chapter 32: Fortran: The Coarrays Story

Chapter 33: Fortran Today

Chapter 34: Thoughts from the Guardians of Fortran

Chapter 35: Measure of HPC Impact

Chapter 36: Looking Forward

Bibliography

Index

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David Barkai started his HPC career shortly after receiving a PhD in theoretical physics in the early ‘70s and was active in the field for over 40 years. A central theme of his work was the relationships between applications and architecture, with numerous publications over the years. David’s employment at several HPC companies during their heydays – Control Data, Floating Point Systems, Cray Research, Supercomputing Systems Inc., Intel, and SGI – as well as a stint at NASA, offered him a front-row view of the evolving HPC scene over the last few decades.