DocumentCode
1488095
Title
High-performance special-purpose computers in science
Author
Fukushige, Toshiyuki ; Hut, Piet ; Makino, Junichiro
Author_Institution
Dept. of Gen. Syst. Studies, Tokyo Univ., Japan
Volume
1
Issue
2
fYear
1999
Firstpage
12
Abstract
The next decade will be an exciting time for computational physicists. After 50 years of being forced to use standardized commercial equipment, they will finally be able to adapt their computing tools to their own needs. The first step in this breakthrough is the widespread availability of programmable chips that allow virtually every computational scientist to design his or her own special-purpose computer. The paper considers the Grape project which is one example in which computational physicists developed special-purpose computers successfully
Keywords
physics computing; special purpose computers; Grape project; computational physicists; high-performance computers; programmable chips; special-purpose computers; Arithmetic; Central Processing Unit; Hardware; Helium; Laboratories; Microprocessors; Physics computing; Pipelines; Silicon; Switches;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computing in Science & Engineering
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1521-9615
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/5992.753041
Filename
753041
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