N.B. Sorry for the absence, I’ve been on vacation, thinking about life and doing my best Jimmy Buffett imitation.
In mid-June, I participated in the DOE’s SOS11 workshop, held in Key West. This year’s workshop theme was “Challenges of Sustained Petascale Computation.” The workshop included updates on new systems and experiences from the national laboratories, along with vendor and academic perspectives on the challenges ahead.
As I’ve gotten older (note the photo of a bald guy above), I’ve come to realize why my grandfather and then my father often commented on some event by saying, “That reminds me of when …” As a boy, I rolled my eyes at these things, not seeing their relevance. Now, I recognize that age and experience do bring some ability to recognize current events as somewhat similar to previous ones. What’s it called? Ah, yes, they call it wisdom, I believe. Such is the case with multicore designs and our lamentable lack of parallel software and tools.
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