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With the diversification and growing sophistication of high-performance computing applications, there are emerging requirements for the hardware and software infrastructure for peta-scale simulations and data handling. This paper addresses the key technological elements for realizing such a system from the architectural point of view. The author recognizes that the SIMD-based approach is getting pervasive as a core processor technology capable of providing a viable solution to the requirements for higher performance of applications and reduced performance-usability gap. This paper also gives an overview of the NEC approach in HPC with its innovative technological challenges toward future computing.
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Takahara, H. (2010). HPC Architecture from Application Perspectives. In: Resch, M., Roller, S., Benkert, K., Galle, M., Bez, W., Kobayashi, H. (eds) High Performance Computing on Vector Systems 2009. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03913-3_6
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