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Which computer is used for high and application?
supercomputer, any of a class of extremely powerful computers. The term is commonly applied to the fastest high-performance systems available at any given time. Such computers have been used primarily for scientific and engineering work requiring exceedingly high-speed computations.
How CPU will execute so fast?
The basic idea behind the CPU cache is that the cache consists of a small amount of very expensive, but very fast memory. This memory is integrated onto the CPU. It is much faster for the CPU to access frequently used data from the CPU cache than it is to retrieve the data from the system’s RAM.
What programming languages should I learn for high-performance computing?
In this order they are C/C++, Fortran in all its dialects, and Python. You’ll notice the absolute and total lack of Ruby, Perl, Java. It was in the more general context of high-performance computing. Granted the quote is only from one shop, but another question about languages for HPC, also lists Python as one to learn (and not Ruby).
Why is Python so popular for Scientific Computation?
Python’s syntax is clear and easy to learn and read (and remember this was in the age when Perl was really the only other major option), so I think that really pushed scientific computation toward it.
Why is Google using Python in its systems?
Namely, I mean that Google was using Python in a system where they had thousands of machines (think parallelization and scale) and constantly processing many millions of data points (again, scale). Event Confluence
What is the best programming language for Scientific Computing?
At least in our shop (Argonne National Laboratory) we have three accepted languages for scientific computing. In this order they are C/C++, Fortran in all its dialects, and Python. You’ll notice the absolute and total lack of Ruby, Perl, Java.