Title :
Supercomputing: same name, different game
Author_Institution :
Edittech Int., USA
Abstract :
Vendors agree that price/performance will be an important factor in determining who stays in the supercomputing game. The supercomputer faces competition from both ends of the spectrum-the mainframe and the desktop.<>
Keywords :
DP industry; multiprocessing systems; competition; desktop computing; mainframe computing; price/performance ratio; supercomputing; vendors; Application software; Business; CMOS technology; Companies; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer networks; Costs; Distributed computing; Milling machines; Supercomputers;