Scientific Computing on the Grid

Journal Article · Wed Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2001 · Byte Magazine

OSTI ID:861188

Allen, Gabrielle; Seidel, Edward; Shalf, John

Computer simulations are becoming increasingly important as the only means for studying and interpreting the complex processes of nature. Yet the scope and accuracy of these simulations are severely limited by available computational power, even using today's most powerful supercomputers. As we endeavor to simulate the true complexity of nature, we will require much larger scale calculations than are possible at present. Such dynamic and large scale applications will require computational grids and grids require development of new latency tolerant algorithms, and sophisticated code frameworks like Cactus to carry out more complex and high fidelity simulations with a massive degree of parallelism.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Director. Office of Science; National ScienceFoundation, National Center for Supercomputing Applications; Microscoft,Max Planck Institute for Gravitationphysics in Potsdam Germany/AlbertEinstein Institut
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 861188
• Report Number(s): LBNL-51039; R&D Project: KX0310; BnR: KJ0102000; TRN: US200601%%703
• Journal Information: Byte Magazine, Vol. SI; Related Information: Journal Publication Date: Spring 2002
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
ACCURACY
ALGORITHMS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
SUPERCOMPUTERS
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