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On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 03:17:52PM -0400, Max R. Dechantsreiter wrote: > "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? Or my Raspberry Pi, which I'm pretty sure is running 100% CPU right now but not getting much done! My own (vague) definition of HPC would probably be based more on the intended design of the system, something like: "A high-performance computing system is designed to use one or more computers to achieve the maximum performance possible on a particular computational task." This could be improved, but it makes a distinction between maxing out a "normal" computer and designing a system specifically for performance. It also distinguishes (kinda) between HPC and HTC, which is aimed at throughput; and I like that it can still be applied to "cloud HPC", since a "high performance design" could include lots of VMs. :) On the other hand, it could still apply to a gaming PC, which is designed to max out gaming performance (a "computational task")! In any case, I agree with the original article that "Research Computing" is a better description for applying computing to science and engineering workloads, regardless of the performance target. Cheers, Adam -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (Darwin) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRbFarAAoJEIZxePsWaJFjntwQAJVHq7Y4n09sRd7A/txa04dk L+GepPSgC910NWGYR2koP2s3o0iv0G2iKGD4GIPM++oNNvAAvOVLHn0svPeUFM1T mPCkXpvmoJmjF8wD+OAfv7LdJ+5zNhoEI4aGcWCH+DMO+RaZZeaYV45i6b5GsHCX aXeJ11kIfdtiAvC2mfn/pMJvXB9eSjXTsl5X6C1cpz3dPpp753jxAOeeSkNzI+up HUj9ljut67As7iddUlPedMqcMWtAY+hYPHkdoB/NEWYjYLMmkqVOfgeomJe7Udjo w6kpsUbBmn+vI+j3DAGusv+Ii3RhKx6Py3DUKHx2yTyRjNtz0S76rjv4l3pSAcaF K0td1Scb7NLo0HvQVB8Hkb0iUSqN+hQSAZ1e+Ucvhr94kHuwWCLe8elnnAU5rNZE 00VKG/4hPWP6bDkLReOeklFZRRWc5ReEkksT4MxydFXE0MgLm34TaNsAhn8ryJwU Hb4lStA9q7vge/+khfsu6oryteOantXsxS95KPP2fd0nX4wLYjN6rFbF6rhpSbPw 4v8PGQw0EjxzdYaef7kHymG9C8EdJG7NxzvPlais2ZD80zi8yqakwnqmQovXUdNf GLLIzbVehQMZ+rdDkaFS+4FFtcWXwTqg5nMyvVyynXPFddYdeGI3wMiZkziSEg/f b+fYISjFGOvR9LsMrb8I =I/Go -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 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
