In this invited talk from SC17, now available online, Dr. Paul Messina presents “The U.S. DOE Exascale Computing Project – Goals and Challenges.”
From the description:
Watch the Complete TalkBalancing evolution with innovation is challenging, especially since the ecosystem must be ready to support critical mission needs of DOE, other Federal agencies, and industry, when the first DOE exascale systems are delivered in 2021. The software ecosystem needs to evolve both to support new functionality demanded by applications and to use new hardware features efficiently.