Industrial Applications of High-Performance Computing: Best Global Practices

Book Overview

Industrial Applications of High-Performance Computing: Best Global Practices offers a global overview of high-performance computing (HPC) for industrial applications, along with a discussion of software challenges, business models, access models (e.g., cloud computing), public-private partnerships, simulation and modeling, visualization, big data analysis, and governmental and industrial influence.

Featuring the contributions of leading experts from 11 different countries, this authoritative book:

Provides a brief history of the development of the supercomputer

Describes the supercomputing environments of various government entities in terms of policy and service models

Includes a case study section that addresses more subtle and technical aspects of industrial supercomputing

Shows how access to supercomputing matters, and how supercomputing can be used to solve large-scale and complex science and engineering problems

Emphasizes the need for collaboration between companies, political organizations, government agencies, and entire nations

Industrial Applications of High-Performance Computing: Best Global Practices supplies computer engineers and researchers with a state-of-the-art supercomputing reference. This book also keeps policymakers and industrial decision-makers informed about the economic impact of these powerful technological investments.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1466596805
• ISBN13: 9781466596801
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"