[12:00pm] SS2010 Preschool: HPC Architecture Overview

Speaker: Tyson Whitehead

High performance computing (HPC) is an umbrella term that covers a variety of standard approaches. It is not a magic bullet that can take any program and make it 10x times faster. Not all HPC hardware solutions are applicable to a given problem, and not all problems are susceptible to an arbitrary HPC solution. Learn what the standard approaches are and what their strengths and weaknesses are.

Although aimed at attendees of the upcoming Summer School, any interested SHARCNET member is welcome to this seminar.

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