> "High performance computing (HPC) is a form of computer usage where > utlilization one of the computer subsystems (processor, ram, disk, > network, etc), is at or near 100% capacity for extended periods of time." > > Could my laptop exhibit symptoms of HPC, as you defined them?
depends on your lap ;) but seriously, the utilization part is good, but must be paired with the fact that systems are scaled (up and/or out). "webscale" people, sometimes called big-data, are very much like HPC, and offer some new and interesting different kinds of wheels (consider message queueing in their world versus MPI.) _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
