Advances in High Performance Computing (NATO Science Partnership Sub-Series: 3:)

Grandinetti, Lucio (Editor)/ Kowalik, Janusz (Editor)/ Vajtersic, Marian (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0792345509 / ISBN 13: 9780792345503

Published by Kluwer Academic Pub, 1997

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355 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Advances in High Performance Computing (NATO Science Partnership Sub-Series: 3:)
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792345509
• ISBN 13: 9780792345503
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.79 kilograms

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Synopsis

The book discusses some key scientific and technological developments in high performance computing, identifies significant trends, and defines desirable research objectives. It covers general concepts and emerging systems, software technology, algorithms and applications.
Coverage includes hardware, software tools, networks and numerical methods, new computer architectures, and a discussion of future trends. Beyond purely scientific/engineering computing, the book extends to coverage of enterprise-wide, commercial applications, including papers on performance and scalability of database servers and Oracle DBM systems.
Audience: Most papers are research level, but some are suitable for computer literate managers and technicians, making the book useful to users of commercial parallel computers.