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A supercomputer is, generally, a really big and fast computer. The standard of what exactly constitutes a supercomputer has evolved with the capabilities of the computing industry. Supercomputers contain many processors and often take up entire rooms. They can do anything a normal computer can do, but usually much, much faster. [MORE]


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1. A History of Supercomputing at Florida State University - Essay written by Jeff Bauer in early 1991.
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2. Advanced Simulation and Computing - A United States government initiative to develop simulation capabilities suitable for weapons testing. Program details and links to university partners.
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3. Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing - Australian computing and communications systems infrastructure. Press releases, description of programs.
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4. HPCwire - Online journal of the high performance computing industry.
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5. ICC at Lawrence Livermore National Lab - Offers current scientific and networking research information.
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6. National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure - Organization created to develop a national supercomputing infrastructure. Links to resources, current research projects, and outreach programs.
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7. Primeur - Monthly newsletter about European high performance computing developments. Back issues available.
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8. Scandal Supercomputing Project - Development of a portable environment for programming supercomputers. Project information and resources about parallel programming.
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9. Standard Interface Methodology - Writing interfaces for the AS/400.
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10. Supercomputing Online - Includes news, analysis, and discussion about supercomputing.
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11. TeraGrid.org - National Science Foundation's effort to build and deploy the world's largest distributed infrastructure for open scientific research. Information about partners and funding.
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12. Texas Advanced Computing Center - Provides computing resources to enhance research development capabilities.
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13. The National Center For Supercomputing - Information about supercomputing applications and research in the United States.
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14. Top 500 Supercomputers - Ranking of supercomputers according to the LINPACK benchmark. Links to news articles.
15. Advanced Biomedical Computing Center - Facility provides computing support and technology to the scientists of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and extramural biomedical researchers.
16. Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation - Links to member institutions and published papers.
17. CompInfo - High Performance Computing - Technical articles, news, events, publications, and manufacturer links.
18. Scientific Supercomputing - Parts of this book are available online, with ordering information for a printed copy.
19. Summer Institute - A summer program for high school students to learn about supercomputing. Program information and application.
20. Supercomputers - A history of supercomputing.
21. Terascale Cluster - Information on Virginia Tech\'s super-computer based on Macintosh G5 computers. Includes history, pictures and implementation details.
22. The Journal of Supercomputing - Available in print and online. Searchable archives available to subscribers.

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