High Performace Computing Demystified [Book Reviews]

Abstract

ious computers have been considered high performance), he also p e s a brief history of high-performance computing. Part I1 is models, as well as hardware (including issues related to collections ofworbstauons). Finally, YO (including FWD, internal parallel L'O, and external U 0 systems). je a other Mach, and NT) and message-passing systems (such as Acuve Messages, PVM, and Linda) and concludes with a short discussion of fault-eling of physical systems; seismic and oil-industry applicanons; applications in biology