http://insidehpc.com/2008/10/27/hpc-wanted-one-mascot-must-have-own-costume/ HPC News Without the Noise for Supercomputing Professionals | insideHPC Sun, 19 May 2013 10:46:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://insidehpc.com/2008/10/27/hpc-wanted-one-mascot-must-have-own-costume/#comment-110712 Christopher C. Aycock Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:15:49 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=2698#comment-110712 What HPC really needs is a killer app and greater accessibility, sort of like how the spreadsheet and low-cost PCs brought the first wave of mainstream IT adoption (the second wave came from desktop publishing and easy-to-use GUIs). It's quite likely that the accessibility for HPC will come from either stream processor-based "personal supercomputers" or on-demand (cloud) resources; the killer app, however, has not been released. What HPC really needs is a killer app and greater accessibility, sort of like how the spreadsheet and low-cost PCs brought the first wave of mainstream IT adoption (the second wave came from desktop publishing and easy-to-use GUIs). It’s quite likely that the accessibility for HPC will come from either stream processor-based “personal supercomputers” or on-demand (cloud) resources; the killer app, however, has not been released.

]]> http://insidehpc.com/2008/10/27/hpc-wanted-one-mascot-must-have-own-costume/#comment-110701 John Leidel Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:31:11 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=2698#comment-110701 Well, if we go that route, the logo must feature him riding a [jack] rabbit. Well, if we go that route, the logo must feature him riding a [jack] rabbit.

]]> http://insidehpc.com/2008/10/27/hpc-wanted-one-mascot-must-have-own-costume/#comment-110695 Joe Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:11:05 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=2698#comment-110695 Hey, I kinda like the "Joe the HPC guy" ... Hey, I kinda like the “Joe the HPC guy” …

]]> http://insidehpc.com/2008/10/27/hpc-wanted-one-mascot-must-have-own-costume/#comment-110692 John Leidel Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:05:11 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=2698#comment-110692 Why not use Doug Eadline's ClusterMonkey? :-) Why not use Doug Eadline’s ClusterMonkey?

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