The Evans & Sutherland view of tomorrow´s supercomputing

A discussion is presented of the authors´ view that a parallel supercomputing environment is necessary for today´s large graphics, modeling, and simulation applications. These applications are used by scientists and engineers who make extreme demands on their computer resources. Such applications, accessed by a few key users, are typically critical to the success of a large operation. Such high-average applications point out where today´s supercomputing environments need to be augmented. A summary is presented of some important hardware and software characteristics which these customers will require of tomorrow´s superconducting environments.<>