Walt Brooks, NASA Ames Research Center, Chair
Steve Reinhart, SGI, Vice Chair

Charter:

Determine the capability roadmap of anticipated COTS-based HEC system architectures through the end of the decade. Identify those critical hardware and software technology and architecture developments, required to both sustain continued growth and enhance user support.

Guidelines and Questions:

• Identify opportunities and challenges for anticipated COTS-based HEC systems architectures through the decade and determine its capability roadmap. 
• Include alternative execution models, support mechanisms, local element and system structures, and system engineering factors to accelerate rate of sustained performance gain (time to solution), performance to cost, programmability, and robustness. 
• Identify those critical hardware and software technology and architecture developments, required to both sustain continued growth and enhance user support.
• Example Topics:
  • microprocessors, memory, wire and optical networks, packaging, cooling, power distribution, reliability, maintenance, cost, size

Slides presented during Plenary Reports on Findings (66 KB PDF)

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