Seeking efficiency, scientists run visualizations directly on supercomputers
Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 16:21
in Mathematics & Economics
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you wanted to perform a single run of a current model of the explosion of a star on your home computer, it would take more than three years just to download the data. In order to do cutting-edge astrophysics research, scientists need a way to more quickly compile, execute and especially visualize these incredibly complex simulations.