商品描述
Unmatched: 50 Years of Supercomputing: A Personal Journey Accompanying the Evolution of a Powerful Tool
The rapid and extraordinary progress of supercomputing over the past half-century is a powerful demonstration of our relentless drive to understand and shape the world around us. In this book, David Barkai offers a unique and compelling account of this remarkable technological journey, drawing from his own rich experiences working at the forefront of high-performance computing (HPC).
This book is a journey delineated as five decade-long 'epochs' defined by the systems' architectural themes: vector processors, multi-processors, microprocessors, clusters, and accelerators and cloud computing. The final part examines key issues of HPC and discusses where it might be headed.
A central goal of this book is to show how computing power has been applied, and, more importantly, how it has impacted and benefitted society. To this end, the use of HPC is illustrated in a range of industries and applications, from weather and climate modeling to engineering and life sciences. As such, this book appeals to both students and general readers with an interest in HPC, as well as industry professionals looking to revolutionize their practice.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
《無與倫比：50年超級計算：一段個人旅程伴隨著一個強大工具的演進》
過去半個世紀超級計算的快速和非凡進步，是我們不懈努力去理解和塑造我們周圍世界的有力證明。在這本書中，大衛·巴爾凱（David Barkai）提供了一個獨特而引人入勝的故事，講述了這段非凡的技術之旅，並從他自己在高性能計算（HPC）前沿工作的豐富經驗中獲得啟發。
這本書以五個十年為界定的“時代”為脈絡，描述了系統的架構主題：向量處理器、多處理器、微處理器、集群、加速器和雲計算。最後一部分探討了HPC的關鍵問題，並討論了它的未來發展方向。
這本書的一個核心目標是展示計算能力如何應用，更重要的是它如何影響和造福社會。為此，書中展示了HPC在各個行業和應用領域的使用，從天氣和氣候模擬到工程和生命科學。因此，這本書既適合對HPC感興趣的學生和一般讀者，也適合希望改變自己實踐的行業專業人士。
作者簡介
David Barkai started his HPC career shortly after receiving a PhD in theoretical physics in the early '70s and was active in the field for over 40 years. A central theme of his work was the relationships between applications and architecture, with numerous publications over the years. David's employment at several HPC companies during their heydays - Control Data, Floating Point Systems, Cray Research, Supercomputing Systems Inc., Intel, and SGI - as well as a stint at NASA, offered him a front-row view of the evolving HPC scene over the last few decades.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
David Barkai在70年代初獲得理論物理學博士學位後不久，開始了他的高效能運算（HPC）職業生涯，並在這個領域活躍了40多年。他的工作的一個核心主題是應用和架構之間的關係，多年來發表了許多論文。David在幾家HPC公司的全盛時期工作過，包括Control Data、Floating Point Systems、Cray Research、Supercomputing Systems Inc.、Intel和SGI，還曾在NASA工作，這使他能夠近距離觀察過去幾十年中HPC領域的發展情況。
