Supercomputers are computers that led the world in terms of processing capacity, and particularly in the speed of calculations.
Learning Outcomes
Discuss various system-, hardware-, and I/O-architectures used for supercomputers, i.e. computers that led the world in terms of processing capacity, and particularly in the speed of calculations, at the time of their introduction, or share key architectural aspects with these computers
Discuss different hardware architectures.
Experiment with IO operations on different storage media and also on parallel file systems.
Outline typical operation of data and computing centers.