Comments on: Wanted: More Pointers on How to Talk HPC http://insidehpc.com/2010/09/11/wanted-pointers-on-how-to-talk-hpc/ 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 By: Chris Samuel http://insidehpc.com/2010/09/11/wanted-pointers-on-how-to-talk-hpc/#comment-254826 Chris Samuel Sun, 12 Sep 2010 01:10:46 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=13397#comment-254826 I'd only agree with the codes one, to be honest. Certainly down here in Australia! My favourite is that grid != cluster (thanks Sun for that, grrrr). I’d only agree with the codes one, to be honest. Certainly down here in Australia!

My favourite is that grid != cluster (thanks Sun for that, grrrr).

]]> By: Ken Lloyd http://insidehpc.com/2010/09/11/wanted-pointers-on-how-to-talk-hpc/#comment-254799 Ken Lloyd Sat, 11 Sep 2010 22:08:19 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=13397#comment-254799 If I were you, I'd find a better source references for your ontology. Blades, cabinets and backplanes are OK for mere datacenters, but bridges, adaptive topologies, and hybrid, heterogeneous clusters still prevail in serious HPC. DARPA may have money, but they've loaded it in a shotgun and couldn't hit the side of a barn - from the inside. Oh, and ASC codes are legacy contraptions that need brute force computation to make up for their inefficient architecture. ASC = antique simulation computing. Nice try. If I were you, I’d find a better source references for your ontology. Blades, cabinets and backplanes are OK for mere datacenters, but bridges, adaptive topologies, and hybrid, heterogeneous clusters still prevail in serious HPC. DARPA may have money, but they’ve loaded it in a shotgun and couldn’t hit the side of a barn – from the inside.

Oh, and ASC codes are legacy contraptions that need brute force computation to make up for their inefficient architecture. ASC = antique simulation computing.

Nice try.

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