The international race towards exascale in Europe

In this article, we describe the context in which an international race towards Exascale computing has started. We cover the political and economic context and make a review of the recent history in high performance computing (HPC) architectures, with special emphasis on the recently announced Europ...

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Autores: Gagliardi, Fabrizio, Moretó Planas, Miquel|||0000-0002-9848-8758, Olivieri, Mauro, Valero Cortés, Mateo|||0000-0003-2917-2482
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/186531
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/186531
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42514-019-00002-y
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:High performance computing -- Europe
International race
Political context
Economic context
High performance computing architectures
Exascale computing
European initiatives
Càlcul intensiu (Informàtica) -- Europa
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Arquitectura de computadors
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Sumario:In this article, we describe the context in which an international race towards Exascale computing has started. We cover the political and economic context and make a review of the recent history in high performance computing (HPC) architectures, with special emphasis on the recently announced European initiatives to reach Exascale computing in Europe. We conclude by describing current challenges and trends.