Innovative Research and Applications in Next-generation High Performance Computing

This work unites international contributors in computer science, information systems, electronic engineering, robotics, telecommunications engineering, and computer mathematical modeling to chart the latest developments in high performance computing (HPC). Major themes are Big Data, cloud computing, CPU/GPU architectures, and exascale supercomputers. An introductory chapter looks at problems that must be solved to continue progress towards exascale computing, and also discusses emerging technologies in HPC such as accelerators, low-power architectures, mobile SoCs, and memory based storage. The rest of the book is organized in sections on energy and performance optimization, heterogeneous clusters, reliability and fault tolerance, and mobile, cloud, and the Internet of Things. Some specific topics explored are HPC on mobile devices, wireless enabling technology for Internet of Things, hardware transactional memories, and the effects of targeted failures in HPC systems. The book’s audience includes researchers and students in ICT, programming, military, government, and business. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)