High energy & nuclear physics

High energy & nuclear physics

• High energy & nuclear physics

• Simulation

• Earth observation, climate modeling
• Geophysics, earthquake modeling
• Fluids, aerodynamic design
• Pollutant dispersal scenarios

• Astronomy- Digital sky surveys: modern telescopes produce over 10 Petabytes per year (upto 30 TB per day)!

• Molecular genomics

• Chemistry and biochemistry

• Financial applications

• Medical images

• …

Note: a special case of 1936 Wright’s Law about he cost of airplanes?

• Note: a special case of 1936 Wright’s Law about he cost of airplanes?

• Moore’s Law (processing) (1965)

• The number of transistors on integrated
• circuits doubles every two years
• Correlate: the computing power
• doubles every 18 months
• Seems to become less true…

• Kryder’s Law (storage) (2005)

• Storage capacity doubles every 12 months
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