[Imsa-hpc-list] Fwd: Parallel programming in the mainstream media

[Steve Stevenson]

As always, I'm passing these along to convince folks we need to band  
together and make use of supercomputing.

--
Steve

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. -William G.  
McAdoo, lawyer and politician (1863-1941)




Begin forwarded message:

> From: Charlie Peck <charliep at cs.earlham.edu>
> Date: 16Mar 2010 09:45:51
> To: Steve Stevenson <steve at CS.CLEMSON.EDU>, "Daniel D. Warner" <warner at clemson.edu 
> >, ShifletAB <ShifletAB at Wofford.Edu>
> Subject: Parallel programming in the mainstream media
>
> Charles Thacker, developer of the first personal computer (the  
> Alto), winner of the ACM's Turing Award, and a Microsoft research  
> fellow was interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered yesterday.
>
> When asked about what the future might bring that could be as big as  
> the personal computer he explained that we're at a point of  
> inflection, we can't make computers any faster now so we are making  
> more of them.  His view is that the big near-term task is figuring- 
> out how to make them cooperate through parallel programming.  He  
> goes on to explain what parallel programming is and what it can be  
> used for.
>
> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124705225
>
> Who says we're the only ones who think that this is important stuff ;)
>
> charlie
>