The drive for more scientific computing power is running into a brick wall. Old speed-up tricks aren’t working, and a new paradigm is needed to sustain the rapid growth in computing power associated with Moore’s law. Scientists at Los Alamos are blazing that trail with Roadrunner, a new hybrid supercomputer that will use a video game chip to propel performance to petaflop/s speeds.
Roadrunner — Computing in the Fast Lane
June 9, 2008