Conventional Wisdom Watch: Matsuoka & Co. Take on 12 Myths of HPC
insideHPC, January 11th, 2023
A group of HPC thinkers, including the estimable Satoshi Matsuoka of the RIKEN Center for Computational Science in Japan, have come together to challenge common lines of thought they say have become, to varying degrees, accepted wisdom in HPC.
In a paper entitled 'Myths and Legends of High-Performance Computing' appearing this week on the Arvix site, Matsuoka and four colleagues (three from the RIKEN Center - see author list below) offer opinions and analysis on such issues as quantum replacing classical HPC, the zettascale timeline, disaggregated computing, domain-specific languages (DSLs) vs. Fortran and cloud subsuming HPC, among other topics.