Hernandez C.G.B., Giller I. High Performance Computing

New York: Springer, 2017. — 418 p.High-performance computing (HPC) or supercomputing has become an essential tool for modern science and technology. In addition to basic science and experimentation, HPC has become an essential tool for advancing our understanding of nature, for the analysis of society’s behavior, and for technological advancement.Today, current research in many branches in science and engineering relies more and more on supercomputing, allowing us to expand basic research and experimentation. Supercomputing has proven to be equally essential for developing and understanding a wide range of advanced science and technology topics that are directly related to our daily lives. HPC enables the design of models and running computer simulations of phenomena before passing through an experimental phase, with great economic savings, but more importantly allowing us to provide results within days or weeks when months or even years were required in the past.The Latin American High-Performance Computing Conference, CARLA, is a joint conference of the High-Performance Computing Latin America Community – HPCLATAM – and the Conferencia Latino Americana de Computación de Alto Rendimiento – CLCAR. In 2016 both major HPC Latin-American workshops came together again at CARLA 2016, and were held in the recently created Abacus Laboratorio de Matemática Aplicada y Cómputo de Alto Rendimiento (Laboratory for Applied Mathematics and High Performance Computing) of CINVESTAV that since early 2015 has been hosting one of the largest supercomputers in Latin America, where scientists and engineers in Mexico and other countries are able to develop computational projects that require very large HPC facilities. Furthermore, with the Abacus-CINVESTAV supercomputer, Mexico returned in 2016 to the Top 500 list of the 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world.