The future of high performance computers in science and engineering

Journal Article · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989 · Communications of the ACM; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/66451.66457· OSTI ID:5393015

Bell, G ^[1]

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1. Ardent Computer Co., Sunnyvale, CA (US)

Spurred by a number of innovations from both the industrial and academic research establishments made possible by VLSI and parallelism. The author expects the next generation of scientific and engineering computing to be the most diverse and exciting one yet. Some of the research accomplishments have been stimulated by DARPA's Strategic Computing Initiative (SCI). Other progress is a result of the evolution of understanding the technology of multiple vector-processing computers (i.e., supercomputers). However, without the scientific base, creative talent, understanding and demanding users, and infrastructure to design complex VLSI chips, these innovative machines would not be possible. A variety of established and newly formed companies have organized to exploit the new technology. This work lists the number of companies building high performance computers for control and artificial intelligence applications, and traditional supercomputers for scientific and engineering applications.

• OSTI ID: 5393015
• Journal Information: Communications of the ACM; (USA), Journal Name: Communications of the ACM; (USA) Vol. 32:9; ISSN CACMA; ISSN 0001-0782
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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