history_2009_vt

history_2009_vt, "Parallel Programming Prehistory", a lecture on the development of parallel programming, as part of one of Virginia Tech's Faculty Development Institute, 26 May 2009.

• history_2009_vt.tex
• history_2009_vt.pdf

The following files were used:

• abc_computer_1941.png, the Atanasoff-Berry computer.
• colossus.png, the Colossus computer.
• cray_ymp_1990.png, The Cray YMP computer.
• difference_engine_1847.png, the difference engine.
• eniac_1946.png, the ENIAC computer.
• europe_weather_1917.png, Lewis Richardson's attempt to predict the weather.
• fsu_logo.pdf, a logo.
• h1_1736.png, the clock used to measure longitude.
• hollerith_1890.png, the Hollerith tabulator
• jet.png, a jet plane.
• laptop_fire.png, an overstressed laptop catches fire.
• microsecond_1990.png, Grace Hopper demonstrates what a microsecond looks like to light.
• myrinet.png, the Myrinet network.
• playstation2_2003.png, a computer cluster built from PlayStation 2's.
• sgi.png, an SGI computer.
• shovell_1707.png, Sir Cloudsley Shovell makes a wrong turn.
• system_x_hok1e_2003.png, a sastisfied user of Virginia Tech's System X.
• von_neumann_1955.png, von Neumann's schematic diagram of a computer.