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Supercomputers: Developments since early supercomputing in the 1960's. Processing capacities of Quadrillions of calculations per second. Supercomputer CPU processors, medical and aerospace applications of supercomputing. Enterprise computers as "smaller scale" supercomputers. Examples of current "state-of the-art" Supercomputers.
Lesson Outline
Supercomputers: Developments since early supercomputing in the 1960's. Processing capacities of Quadrillions of calculations per second. Supercomputer CPU processors, medical and aerospace applications of supercomputing. Enterprise computers as "smaller scale" supercomputers. Examples of current "state-of the-art" Supercomputers. Definition of Petaflops capacity. University of Texas Frontera Supercomputer. Need for high-capacity cooling of supercomputers. During today's session, PJ was enamored with our new topic of Supercomputing. Since his father is employed by Nvidia, PJ is fundamentally aware of the importance of these mega-computers and what essential role they fulfill in advanced technological research.
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None
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
During today's session, PJ was enamored with our new topic of Supercomputing. Since his father is employed by Nvidia, PJ is fundamentally aware of the importance of these mega-computers and what essential role they fulfill in advanced technological research.
Session Hours
0.75
Hours Attended
0.75
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