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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Savas Parastatidis, Professor Jim Webber
High-performance computing (HPC) has evolved from a discipline solely concerned with efficient execution of code on parallel architectures to be more closely aligned with the field of distributed systems. Modern HPC is as much concerned with access to data and specialised devices in wide-area networks as much as it is with crunching numbers as quickly as possible. The focus of HPC has shifted towards enabling the transparent and most efficient utilisation of a wide range of capabilities made available over networks, in as seamless a way as that the electrical grid delivers electricity. Such a vision requires significant intellectual and architectural investment. In this article we explore one service-oriented approach for enabling Internet-scale, high-performance applications based on work completed as part of the £250 million UK e-Science pro-gramme.
Author(s): Parastatidis S, Webber J
Publication type: Report
Publication status: Published
Series Title: School of Computing Science Technical Report Series
Year: 2005
Pages: 19
Print publication date: 01/07/2005
Source Publication Date: July 2005
Report Number: 922
Institution: School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Place Published: Newcastle upon Tyne
URL: http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/publications/trs/papers/922.pdf
