eugene@pioneer.arpa (Eugene Miya N.) (04/14/87)
Bay Area ACM/SIGGRAPH and SIGBIG present: "A Quick Introduction to Vector and Parallel Processors for Graphics Programmers" Speaker: Richard Friedman Sr. Systems Analyst, Pacific-Sierra Research Do you believe in the Desktop Cray? Computer graphics is extremely compute intensive, hence frequent use of supercomputers. Many such features are finding their way into smaller mini-supercomputers, main frames, and now personal computers. In the not too distant future, we will see the day of the "Desktop Cray." The question is not "if" but "when?" We have invited our speaker to give us a glimpse into the future. Topic: Richard Friedman will give us a quick tour thru today's "supercomputers," along with the joys and difficulties of programming them for real applications. To utilize these machines both easy and radical changes in coding styles are required. He will address the questions: "What is vectorization?" "How do you program for parallel execution?" and "What about portability?" among others. About the Speaker: Mr. Friedman started working with state-of-the-art supercomputers (CDC 6600) in 1965 at the Courant Institue of New York Univ. From 1968 to 1981, he was in charge of programming languages and libraries (CDC 6600 and 7600) at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory of UC Berkeley. He spent 1977 at the European Weather Centre (ECMWF) in England which was one of the early Cray-1 sites. Since joining Pacific-Sierra Research, Mr. Friedman has created special applications software for the Cray and Cyber-205 systems and has been involved with development on Alliant, SCS, and other supercomputer systems. When Tuesday April 28, at 8 PM Where: Hewlett-Packard (The Oak Room) 19447 Pruneridge Ave., Cupertino, CA