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Supercomputers, New Edition
  • Format
  • HARDCOVER
  • Authored by: Charlene W. Billings and Sean M. Grady
  • From the Series: Science and Technology in Focus
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  • ISBN-10: 0816074933
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-7493-8
  • Status: In Stock
  • List Price: $40.00
  • Imprint: Facts On File
  • Published: 01/01/2004
  • Dewey Number: 004.1
  • Reading Level: Grades 6-12
  • Pages: 240

Summary

Praise for the previous edition:
"...an admirable translation of incredibly complex technical information..."—Kirkus Reviews

Some computers are so fast and powerful that they are known as "supercomputers." The next generation of these computers will be able to complete more than one trillion operations per second. We need computers that are powerful enough to access, process, and apply the world's store of information, which is doubling approximately every five years.

Supercomputers, New Edition introduces readers to the history of these powerful machines and looks to their role in the future. Recent advances covered include optical computing (the use of light, rather than electrons, to carry information) and quantum computing (the application of quantum mechanics to create computers that operate, in part, on the atomic scale). Written in a lively, informative tone, this totally revised and expanded volume presents the latest computer technology in a clear and exciting format that will benefit all readers interested in this fast growing field.

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