October/November 2009

DESKTOP HPC
HPC colonises the desktop
Computers are continuing along their astounding path down the price/performance curve to the point where you can literally put the power of what we not long ago considered a supercomputer on or beside your desk in an office environment. Paul Schreier reviews some of these powerful systems
HPC APPLICATIONS: BIOMEDICAL
Saving lives with supercomputers
Stephen Mounsey looks at how HPC is transforming biology and medicine











