SC2012: Top500 expects exascale computing by 2020

If the increase in supercomputer speeds continue at their current pace, we will see the first exascale machine by 2020, estimated the maintainers of the Top500 compilation of the world's fastest systems. System architects of such large computers, however, will face a number of critical issues, a keeper of the list warns. "The challenges will be substantial for delivering the machine," said Jack Dongarra, a University...

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