A special thank you to Gary Grider, Deputy Division Leader of the HPC Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, for introducing me to this topic. Yes, THAT Los Alamos. Disclaimer- Gary is not responsible for any opinions, analysis, or any subsequent mistakes in this post. All opinions here expressed are mine.
A month and a half ago, I got my hands on some fascinating documents that discussed the limitations of the current computing paradigm for important sectors like Climate Science, Nuclear Fusion, and many other aspects of High Performance Computing and Simulations.
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