An edition of Supercomputers
(2004)
Supercomputers
charting the future of cybernetics
New ed.
by Charlene W. Billings
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Discusses the history, technology, and importance of supercomputers, and includes examples of their use, describing advances for the twenty-first century.
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Supercomputers: charting the future of cybernetics
2004, Facts On File
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0816074933 9780816074938
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Table of Contents
Creating a calculating machine: Original computers
Analytical engines and census weavers
Automating the office
Artillery tables and code breakers
First "thinking machines"
Smaller is bigger
Transition to supercomputers: Seymour Cray's refrigerated computers
Raising the standards
Putting the "super" in supercomputers
Business of supercomputers
Putting supercomputers to work: Supercomputer centers
Supercomputers and science
Supercomputers and industrial design
New tools for the entertainment industry
Supercomputing across the internet
Supercomputers in the twenty-first century: Obstacles in the path of supercomputer growth
Three areas for advancement
Optical and quantum computing
Supercomputers on the desktop?
Glossary
Further reading
World wide web sites
Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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