Oil majors are second only to the US Defense Department in terms of the use of supercomputing systems. That’s because supercomputing is the key to determining where to explore next—and to finding ...

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 ...

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, ...