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Tables of Contents for Understanding Supercomputing
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
vii
David A. Patterson
Introduction
1
4
Sandy Fritz
Blitzing Bits
5
8
W. Wayt Gibbs
The Law of More
13
6
W. Wayt Gibbs
Getting More from Moore's
19
10
Gary Stix
The Future of the Transistor
29
14
Robert W. Keyes
Microprocessors in 2020
43
8
David A. Patterson
A Vertical Leap for Microchips
51
11
Thomas H. Lee
The Semiconducting Menagerie
62
7
Ivan Amato
Engineering Microscopic Machines
69
8
Kaigham J. Gabriel
From Chips to Cubes
77
4
W. Wayt Gibbs
Quantum-Mechanical Computers
81
15
Seth Lloyd
Quantum Computing with Molecules
96
12
Neil Gershenfeld
Isaac L. Chuang
Computing with Light
108
5
Graham P. Collins
The Do-It-Yourself Supercomputer
113
13
William W. Hargrove
Forrest M. Hoffman
Thomas Sterling
Tackling Turbulence with Supercomputers
126
14
Parviz Moin
John Kim
How to Build a Hypercomputer
140
15
Thomas Sterling
Conclusion
155
2
Index
157