First Experiences With High Performance Fortran On The Intel Paragon

This document presents witness testimony and supplemental materials from a Congressional hearing called to evaluate the progress of the High Performance Computing and Communications program in light of budget requests, to examine the appropriate role for the government in such a project, and to see demonstrations of the World Wide Web and related technologies. It features opening statements by Senator Conrad Burns and by Senator Ernest Hollings, as well as prepared statements by Senator Larry Pressler, by Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, and by Senator Ted Stevens. Witnesses include: (1) John Toole, National Coordinating Office for High Performance Computing and Communications; (2) Bill Burrall, Moundsville Junior High, Moundsville (West Virginia); (3) Dr. Richard Gowen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; and (4) Steven Running, School of Forestry, University of Montana (Missoula). An appendix features transcriptions of John Toole's dialogues with Senators Pressler and Burns. (BEW)

High Performance Computing in the Geosciences surveys the state of the art of programs presently being developed which require high performance computing for their implementation, provides a guide for decision making in regard to computing directions in future numerical models, and provides an overview of future developments in massively parallel processing and their implications for numerical modelling in the geosciences.

High Performance Computing: Modern Systems and Practices is a fully comprehensive and easily accessible treatment of high performance computing, covering fundamental concepts and essential knowledge while also providing key skills training. With this book, domain scientists will learn how to use supercomputers as a key tool in their quest for new knowledge. In addition, practicing engineers will discover how supercomputers can employ HPC systems and methods to the design and simulation of innovative products, and students will begin their careers with an understanding of possible directions for future research and development in HPC. Those who maintain and administer commodity clusters will find this textbook provides essential coverage of not only what HPC systems do, but how they are used. Covers enabling technologies, system architectures and operating systems, parallel programming languages and algorithms, scientific visualization, correctness and performance debugging tools and methods, GPU accelerators and big data problems Provides numerous examples that explore the basics of supercomputing, while also providing practical training in the real use of high-end computers Helps users with informative and practical examples that build knowledge and skills through incremental steps Features sidebars of background and context to present a live history and culture of this unique field Includes online resources, such as recorded lectures from the authors’ HPC courses

Addresses issues on the interface between the rapidly evolving fields of parallel and distributed computing. From a September 1992 symposium in Syracuse, New York, some 30 papers discuss such topics as tools and programming paradigm high-speed networks and protocols, multimedia, load balancing, and