The Evans & Sutherland view of tomorrow's supercomputing

A discussion is presented of the authors' view that a parallel supercomputing environment is necessary for today's large graphics, modeling, and simulation applications. These applications are used by scientists and engineers who make extreme demands on their computer resources. Such applications, accessed by a few key users, are typically critical to the success of a large operation. Such high-average applications point out where today's supercomputing environments need to be augmented. A summary is presented of some important hardware and software characteristics which these customers will require of tomorrow's superconducting environments.< >