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The Illiac IV

The First Supercomputer

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  • © 1982

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Authors:
  1. R. Michael Hord

    1. General Research Corp., McLean, USA

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • R. Michael Hord
    Pages 1-2

  3. Background

    • R. Michael Hord
    Pages 3-17

  4. The Computer

    • R. Michael Hord
    Pages 18-81

  5. Programming

    • R. Michael Hord
    Pages 82-122

  6. Applications

    • R. Michael Hord
    Pages 123-303

  7. Commentary

    • R. Michael Hord
    Pages 304-328

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 329-350
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About this book

The Illiac IV was the first large scale array computer. As the fore­ runner of today's advanced computers, it brought whole classes of scientific computations into the realm of practicality. Conceived initially as a grand experiment in computer science, the revolutionary architecture incorporated both a high level of parallelism and pipe­ lining. After a difficult gestation, the Illiac IV became operational in November 1975. It has for a decade been a substantial driving force behind the develooment of computer technology. Today the Illiac IV continues to service large-scale scientific aoolication areas includ­ ing computational fluid dynamics, seismic stress wave propagation model­ ing, climate simulation, digital image processing, astrophysics, numerical analysis, spectroscopy and other diverse areas. This volume brings together previously published material, adapted in an effort to provide the reader with a perspective on the strengths and weaknesses of the Illiac IV and the impact this unique computa­ tional resource has had on the development of technology. The history and current status of the Illiac system, the design and architecture of the hardware, the programming languages, and a considerable sampling of applications are all covered at some length. A final section is devoted to commentary.

Authors and Affiliations

  • General Research Corp., McLean, USA

    R. Michael Hord

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Illiac IV

  • Book Subtitle: The First Supercomputer

  • Authors: R. Michael Hord

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10345-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-11765-0Published: 01 December 1982

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-10345-6Published: 14 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 350

  • Number of Illustrations: 45 b/w illustrations

  • Additional Information: Jointly published with Computer Science Press

  • Topics: Memory Structures, Logic Design, Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems

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