Frontiers of Supercomputing II

  PREFACE
  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

 collapse section1—  OPENING, BACKGROUND, AND QUESTIONS POSED FOR THIS CONFERENCE
 expand sectionWelcome
 Supercomputing As a National Critical Technologies Effort
 expand sectionGoals for Frontiers of Supercomputing II and Review of Events since 1983
 collapse sectionCurrent Status of Supercomputing in the United States
 The Global Imperative
 Importance of Computers—The Knowledge Economy
 Computers—A Historic Perspective
 collapse sectionCorrective Action
 Human Resources
 R&D Investment
 Technology Strategy
 International Cooperation
 Summary

 collapse section2—  TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE
 Overview
 Supercomputing Tools and Technology
 High-Performance Optical Memory Technology at MCC
 Digital Superconductive Electronics
 expand sectionEnabling Technology:  Photonics

 collapse section3—  VECTOR PIPELINE ARCHITECTURE
 Vector Architecture in the 1990s
 In Defense of the Vector Computer
 Market Trends in Supercomputing
 Massively Parallel SIMD Computing on Vector Machines Using PASSWORK
 Vectors Are Different

 collapse section4—  SCALABLE PARALLEL SYSTEMS
 expand sectionSymbolic Supercomputing
 Parallel Processing:  Moving into the Mainstream
 It's Time to Face Facts
 Large-Scale Systems and Their Limitations
 expand sectionA Scalable, Shared-Memory, Parallel Computer
 Looking at All of the Options

 collapse section5—  SYSTEMS SOFTWARE
 Parallel Software
 expand sectionSupercomputer Systems-Software Challenges
 Future Supercomputing Elements
 Compiler Issues for TFLOPS Computing
 expand sectionPerformance Studies and Problem-Solving Environments
 Systems and Software

 collapse section6—  USER-INTERFACE SOFTWARE
 Parallel Architecture and the User Interface
 expand sectionObject-Oriented Programming, Visualization, and User-Interface Issues
 expand sectionSoftware Issues at the User Interface
 What Can We Learn from Our Experience with Parallel Computation up to Now?

 collapse section7—  ALGORITHMS FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
 expand sectionParallel Algorithms and Implementation Strategies on Massively Parallel Supercomputers
 The Interplay between Algorithms and Architectures:  Two Examples
 expand sectionLinear Algebra Library for High-Performance Computers
 Design of Algorithms
 Computing for Correctness

 collapse section8—  THE FUTURE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
 Interactive Steering of Supercomputer Calculations
 A Vision of the Future at Sun Microsystems
 On the Future of the Centralized Computing Environment
 expand sectionMolecular Nanotechnology
 expand sectionSupercomputing Alternatives

 collapse section9—  INDUSTRIAL SUPERCOMPUTING
 expand sectionOverview of Industrial Supercomputing
 Shell Oil Supercomputing
 Government's High Performance Computing Initiative Interface with Industry
 expand sectionAn Overview of Supercomputing at General Motors Corporation
 Barriers to Use of Supercomputers in the Industrial Environment

 collapse section10—  GOVERNMENT SUPERCOMPUTING
 Planning for a Supercomputing Future
 expand sectionHigh-Performance Computing at the National Security Agency
 expand sectionThe High Performance Computing Initiative:  A Way to Meet NASA's Supercomputing Requirements for Aerospace
 The Role of Computing in National Defense Technology
 NSF Supercomputing Program

 collapse section11—  INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY
 expand sectionA Look at Worldwide High-Performance Computing and Its Economic Implications for the U.S.
 expand sectionEconomics, Revelation, Reality, and Computers

 collapse section12—  EXPERIENCE AND LESSONS LEARNED
 Supercomputing since 1983
 expand sectionLessons Learned
 expand sectionThe John von Neumann Computer Center:  An Analysis
 Project THOTH:  An NSA Adventure in Supercomputing, 1984–88
 expand sectionThe Demise of ETA Systems
 FPS Computing:  A History of Firsts

 collapse section13—  INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE:  POLICY AND ECONOMICS FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
 expand sectionWhy Supercomputing Matters:  An Analysis of the Economic Impact of the Proposed Federal High Performance Computing Initiative
 Government As Buyer and Leader
 Concerns about Policies and Economics for High-Performance Computing
 High-Performance Computing in the 1990s
 A High-Performance Computing Association to Help the Expanding Supercomputing Industry
 expand sectionThe New Supercomputer Industry
 The View from DEC
 Industry Perspective:  Remarks on Policy and Economics for High-Performance Computing

 collapse section14—  WHAT NOW?
 expand sectionConference Summary
 The High Performance Computing Initiative
 Government Bodies As Investors
 Realizing the Goals of the HPCC Initiative:  Changes Needed
 The Importance of the Federal Government's Role in High-Performance Computing
 Legislative and Congressional Actions on High-Performance Computing and Communications
 The Federal Role As Early Customer
 A View from the Quarter-Deck at the National Security Agency
 Supercomputers and Three-Year-Olds
 NASA's Use of High-Performance Computers:  Past, Present, and Future
 A Leadership Role for the Department of Commerce
 Farewell

  CONTRIBUTORS

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