When it comes to data, the healthcare system is a treasure trove. From decades’ worth of patient data to meticulous records of every drug sold, each country’s healthcare system easily generates terabytes of data every year.
While not all healthcare problems can be solved with high performance computing, supercomputers can play a big role in unlocking the value of all that data (High Performance Healthcare). In fact, countries across Asia are already reaping the benefits, as we find out in our interview with IBM’s Ms. Farhana Nakhooda (When Your Doctor Knows It All).
In this issue, we hear how a new form of computer arithmetic looks set to change the way we compute (The Ocean Is Starting To Boil) and what it takes to win the prestigious Gordon Bell Prize (How To Win The Nobel Prize Of Supercomputing) from our interviewees John Gustafson and Fu Haohuan, respectively.
And if all these exciting developments have gotten you excited about the potential of supercomputers, check out our special feature on how to build one of your very own (Build Your Own Supercomputer for Less Than $1,000).
Enjoy!
Rebecca Tan
Managing Editor
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