High Performance Computing and eXtreme Technical Computing
KAUST AMCS 311 / CS 311 High Performance Computing I
Course Description: Part one of a two-course sequence in high performance computing technology, with an emphasis on using KAUST’s research computing systems, focusing primarily on hardware architectures. History of high performance computing. Hardware architectures, processor design, cache and memory architectures. Hardware counters. Processing benchmarks. Energy aspects of HPC systems. Performance of real applications.
Prerequisites: Programming experience and familiarity with basic discrete and numerical algorithms.
University of Wyoming MA 5490 Special Topics: eXtreme Technical Computing
Course Description: A course in high performance computing technology, with an emphasis on using research computing systems, focusing primarily on hardware architectures. History of high performance computing. Hardware architectures, processor design, cache and memory architectures. Hardware counters. Processing benchmarks. Energy aspects of HPC systems. Performance of real applications.
Prerequisites: Programming experience and familiarity with basic discrete and numerical algorithms.