The Illiac IV

The First Supercomputer

R.M. Hord (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XII, 350 Seiten

1982
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
9783540117650 (ISBN)

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The Illiac IV was the first large scale array computer. As the fore runner of today's advanced computers, it brought whole classes of scientific computations into the realm of practicality. Conceived initially as a grand experiment in computer science, the revolutionary architecture incorporated both a high level of parallelism and pipe lining. After a difficult gestation, the Illiac IV became operational in November 1975. It has for a decade been a substantial driving force behind the develooment of computer technology. Today the Illiac IV continues to service large-scale scientific aoolication areas includ ing computational fluid dynamics, seismic stress wave propagation model ing, climate simulation, digital image processing, astrophysics, numerical analysis, spectroscopy and other diverse areas. This volume brings together previously published material, adapted in an effort to provide the reader with a perspective on the strengths and weaknesses of the Illiac IV and the impact this unique computa tional resource has had on the development of technology. The history and current status of the Illiac system, the design and architecture of the hardware, the programming languages, and a considerable sampling of applications are all covered at some length. A final section is devoted to commentary.

I. Introduction.- II. Background.- III. The Computer.- IV. Programming.- V. Applications.- VI. Commentary.- ASK - The Illiac Assembly Language.- Sources.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.12.1982
Zusatzinfo	XII, 350 p. 45 illus.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	585 g
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Künstliche Intelligenz / Robotik
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Hardware
Schlagworte	Computer • Feldrechner • Hardware • Programming language • System
ISBN-13	9783540117650 / 9783540117650
Zustand	Neuware