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PetaFLOPS computing

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PetaFLOPS computers---capable of performing a thousand trillion mathematical operations per second, 25 times faster than the largest supercomputers today---will open new doors to understanding the functions of biological molecules.

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The building of a computer several times more powerful than any existing networked computing platform is the subject of this paper. The construction of an effective petaflops computing system will be feasible in two decades, although its effectiveness and applicability will depend on dramatic cost reductions, as well as on innovative approaches to system software and programming methodologies. Not less important, a mix of technologies, such as semiconductors and optics, will also be required. The IBM BlueGene supercomputer series is introduced in this paper, as well as new research being developed using such supercomputers, namely algorithms, bioinformatics computing, and molecular simulations. This is an excellent paper, reflecting the supercomputing status of IBM platforms today, and their goal for petaflops computing. Online Computing Reviews Service

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 47, Issue 11
Bioinformatics
November 2004
106 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/1029496
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Published: 01 November 2004
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