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posted by n1 on Saturday June 17 2017, @07:50AM   Printer-friendly
from the your-daily-dose-of-exascale dept.

Imagine you were able to solve a problem 50 times faster than you can now. With this ability, you have the potential to come up with answers to even the most complex problems faster than ever before. Researchers behind the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Exascale Computing Project want to make this capability a reality, and are doing so by creating tools and technologies for exascale supercomputers – computing systems at least 50 times faster than those used today. These tools will advance researchers' ability to analyze and visualize complex phenomena such as cancer and nuclear reactors, which will accelerate scientific discovery and innovation.

Developing layers of software that support and connect hardware and applications is critical to making these next-generation systems a reality.

Researchers in Argonne's Mathematics and Computer Science Division are collaborating with colleagues from five other core ECP DOE national laboratories -- Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore, Sandia, Oak Ridge and Los Alamos -- in addition to other labs and universities.

Their goal is to create new and adapt existing software technologies to operate at exascale by overcoming challenges found in several key areas, such as memory, power and computational resources.

Summary from ScienceDaily

Additional coverage: Phys.org, Newswise

Source: How to build software for a computer 50 times faster

Why only 50 times faster, why not 100 times (or more) faster ??


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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday June 17 2017, @10:33PM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Saturday June 17 2017, @10:33PM (#527172) Journal

    I was about to say the opposite

    Remove Windoze and the associated pseudosecurity cruft.

    You weren't jesting, then.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 17 2017, @11:55PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 17 2017, @11:55PM (#527208)

    ...nor a link.

    You -might- have been referencing the rumored abundance of Windoze-only apps.
    ...though that tends to thin out quickly as we get into the supercomputer realm.

    ...and there are those who still believe that an anti-virus app actually improves security.

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    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday June 18 2017, @12:33AM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Sunday June 18 2017, @12:33AM (#527221) Journal

      Mmm... I thought that 50x -> "normalspeed" was a clear giveaway of my /sarc.
      Was it that subtle?

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