Supercomputing and the Transformation of Science (Scientific American Library)
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Manufacturer: W H Freeman & Co
EAN (European Article Number): 9780716750383
Binding: Paperback
Author: William J. Kaufmann::Larry L. Smarr
Publisher: W H Freeman & Co
Dewey Decimal Number: 502.85411
Publication Date: 1993-01
Reading Level: 256
Description: Easy to read overview of the field of supercomputing. Describes technologies (eg, relays to highly integrated circuits) and architectures (eg, scalar to vector, multiprocessor and massively parallel) used to effect supercomputing. Describes applications of supercomputing in physics, in constructing evolutionary trees from sequencing data, in molecular biology, engineering, planetary sciences, weather forecasting, and cosmology.
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Date: 2000-11-26
Details: Easy to read overview of the field of supercomputing. Describes technologies (eg, relays to highly integrated circuits) and architectures (eg, scalar to vector, multiprocessor and massively parallel) used to effect supercomputing. Describes applications of supercomputing in physics, in constructing evolutionary trees from sequencing data, in molecular biology, engineering, planetary sciences, weather forecasting, and cosmology.
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