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Computing with supercomputers and clusters
High-performance computing (HPC) is the use of supercomputers and computer clusters to solve advanced problems. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: High-performance computingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: ABCD Analysis of Industries Using High-Performance ComputingInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Contemporary High Performance ComputingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: GROMACS: High performance molecular simulations through multi-level parallelism from laptops to supercomputersCited 27,357 times
- Go sideways: HPC (Eni)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: TOP500A closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
GROMACS: High performance molecular simulations through multi-level parallelism from laptops to supercomputers
High‐performance computing MRI simulations
High performance cloud computing
Virtualization for high-performance computing
High-Performance Throughput Computing
Challenges in High-Performance Computing
Trends in High-Performance Computing
High-performance computing using accelerators
🆕 Influential since 2022
ABCD Analysis of Industries Using High-Performance Computing
High-performance computing at a crossroads
Serverless High-Performance Computing over Cloud
Myths and legends in high-performance computing
Transforming medical sciences with high-performance computing, high-performance data analytics and AI
📚 Books worth reading
Contemporary High Performance ComputingJeffrey S. Vetter · 2013
SupercomputingVladimir Voevodin, Sergey Sobolev · 2017
High Performance ComputingMichela Taufer, Bernd Mohr · 2015
Grid computingLizhe Wang, Wei Jie · 2009
Petascale ComputingDavid A. Bader · 2007
Introduction to high performance computing for scientists and engineersGeorg Hager · 2010- 📕Future Directions for NSF Advanced Computing Infrastructure to Support U. S. Science and Engineering In 2017-2020National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences · 2014
- 📕Contemporary High Performance ComputingJeffrey S. Vetter · 2013
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