What does it take to manage a robust data center? And how can engineers get the experience needed to oversee both the facilities—the power, cooling and electrical components—and the computing aspects, ...

Chapters 1 through 9 describe a long and largely successful history of supercomputing, a present state of turmoil, and an uncertain future. In this chapter the committee summarizes what it has learned ...

Linux rules supercomputing. This day has been coming since 1998, when Linux first appeared on theTOP500 Supercomputer list. Today it finally happened: All 500 of the world's fastest supercomputers are ...