IBM High-Performance Computing Insights with IBM Power System AC922 Clustered Solution

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Introduction to IBM high-performance computing

The following topics are described in this chapter:

•Overview of HPC

•Reasons for implementing HPC on IBM POWER9 processor-based systems

•Overview of the POWER9 processor-based CORAL Project

1.1 Overview of HPC

What is high-performance computing (HPC)? One simple definition is:

“High-performance computing most generally refers to the practice of aggregating computing power in a way that delivers much higher performance than one could get out of a typical desktop computer or workstation in order to ...

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