Part 15. Bad Luck for Vector Engine
content by Xing Chen Started from 2006, ended by 2012, the Japaness “Next-Generation Supercomputer Project”, lasted for 7 years and...
Scott Hamilton
“Earth’s Magnetic Field”
By Scott Hamilton Did you ever wonder how a magnetic compass works? I guess first you might need to know...
Part 14. Long live the Vector Processor!
content by Xing Chen Because they are accelerators, thus the NEC SX-Aurora TSUBASA Vector Engines have to be hosted by...
“Hidden Cameras”
By Scott Hamilton I came across a new technology developed by engineers at Carnegie Mellon University with the help of...
Part 13. Vector Processor not dead yet!
content by Xing Chen After Cray, it is NEC’s turn to stop producing machines with vector processors as their Central...
“The Game of Life”
By Scott Hamilton I made an interesting discovery over the weekend while playing a board game with my grandchildren. It...
Part 12. Vector Processor by Seymour Cray
content by Xing Chen In part 1 of this series, “the glorious X86”, I voluntarily removed vector processor from the...
“Self-healing concrete”
By Scott Hamilton I came across one of the most interesting ancient technologies so far last week. Scientists at Michigan...
Part 11. Revisit of the HPLinpack benchmark
content by Xing Chen The HPLinpack benchmark for Top500 list, introduced by Jack Dongarra, generates a random n by n dense linear system of...
“The Forever Battery”
By Scott Hamilton I am always reading about new technologies and the one that caught my eye this week was...
