SC 2011 Keynote

Abstract

The supercomputing industry is in a global race for better science. This race has some parallels to the space race in the 1960s. Much like then, today there are daunting challenges facing today's supercomputer designers in their pursuit of exascale and advanced computational science; in particular power, programmability, and scalability. Mr. Huang will share his perspective on these challenges as they pertain to developers, scientists, and the industry overall. An update on recent technical and scientific milestones in parallel computing and an assessment of new, disruptive technologies from outside the supercomputing industry will be given.