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High Performance Computing

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ISBN-10: 1565920325

ISBN-13: 9781565920323

Edition: 1993

Authors: Kevin Dowd, Mike Loukides

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This book is a "must" for anyone who needs to worry about computer performance, either as a software developer or as a buyer. But it also provides valuable insights for those among us who do relatively little programming and run mostly third-party application software. Even if you never touch a line of code, "High Performance Computing will give you a feel for how the most recent generation of computer hardware works. If you work with computers, you owe it to yourself to understand the new directions that workstation architecture has taken in the last half decade, including RISC-based workstation architectures like DEC Alpha/AXP, the IBM RS/6000 and the HP 9000/700 series. This book covers…    
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Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/15/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 398
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English

is a long time user of the Unix operating system. He has acted as a Unix consultant, courseware developer, and instructor. He is one of the originating authors of Unix Power Tools and the author of Learning the Unix Operating System by O'Reilly.