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Six Years of Parallel Computing at NAS (1987 - 1993): What Have we Learned?In the fall of 1987 the age of parallelism at NAS began with the installation of a 32K processor CM-2 from Thinking Machines. In 1987 this was described as an "experiment" in parallel processing. In the six years since, NAS acquired a series of parallel machines, and conducted an active research and development effort focused on the use of highly parallel machines for applications in the computational aerosciences. In this time period parallel processing for scientific applications evolved from a fringe research topic into the one of main activities at NAS. In this presentation I will review the history of parallel computing at NAS in the context of the major progress, which has been made in the field in general. I will attempt to summarize the lessons we have learned so far, and the contributions NAS has made to the state of the art. Based on these insights I will comment on the current state of parallel computing (including the HPCC effort) and try to predict some trends for the next six years.
Document ID
20010117866
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Simon, Horst D.
(Computer Sciences Corp. Moffett Field, CA United States)
Cooper, D. M.
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
April 4, 1994
Subject Category
Computer Systems
Meeting Information
Meeting: Cray Research/CUG Board of Directors
Country: United States
Start Date: April 10, 1994
End Date: April 13, 1994
Sponsors: Cray Research
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 536-01-11
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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