Download or read book Understanding Supercomputing written by Editors of Scientific American and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2002-12-02 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book you'll discover what constitutes a 'supercomputer', how the supercomputers of today function, how you can make your own computer into a super machine - through networking - and what tomorrow holds in store for computer usage in terms of hardware, software and everyday applications.