Computing for Bio 2018

Scientific Computing

Kogge, P. "The tops in flops", IEEE spectrum, vol.48, issue 2, Feb 2011, pp.48-54,   (local pdf )  picture

The world faster machines

https://www.top500.org/
https://www.top500.org/25years/

Exascale

The Opportunities and Challenges of Exascale Computing, (pdf 2 Mb) US Department of Energy, Fall 2010

Exaflop machine    The full report    TR-2008-13.pdf  (3 Mb)

CPU

Transistor level simulation of an antique CPU.  6502 is used in the iconic Apple II machine.
    http://visual6502.org/JSSim/index.html

GPU

https://www.cp.eng.chula.ac.th/~piak/project/npu/npu.htm

CUDA example
CUDA workflow

Quantum computer

Quantum Computing: from theory to practice (pptx, 9M)

IBM system Q

Assignment

Write a short report (4-5 pages) on one of the following topics:

Supercomputing (current)
Exascale computing
Quantum computing (IBM system Q)

Hand-in the report (in paper) to my inbox in front of my office at Engineering Building 4, floor 18, room 13. The deadline is 19 September 2018, 4pm.

last update 5 Sept 2018