Extreme data-intensive scientific computing

Computing in Science and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 34-41

  Szalay, Alex ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amdahl machine; Astronomy; Massive datasets; Scientific computing; Simulations

Indexed keywords

AMDAHL MACHINE; COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE; DATA CENTRIC; MASSIVE DATA; MASSIVE DATA SETS; PETABYTES; SIMULATIONS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; ENGINEERING; NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 81455133785     PISSN: 15219615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCSE.2011.74     Document Type: Article

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