Future Architectures -- First Experiences with NEC SX-9 -- Scalable Computing in a Hybrid System Architecture -- Prerequisites for the Productive Usage of Hybrid Systems -- Multiscale and Multiphysics Simulations -- Complex Numerical Simulations in Production Techniques -- Multi-scale and Multi-physics Applications — User Requirements for Future Applications -- Grid Computing & Data Analysis -- An Application of the NAREGI Grid Middleware to a Nationwide Joint-Use Environment for Computing -- Interoperation between Atomic Energy Grid Infrastructure (AEGIS) and Other Grids -- Parallel File Systems in European Grid Projects -- Development of Cognitive Methodology based Data Analysis System -- Chemical Applications -- 3D-Flame Modelling in Power Plant Applications -- Hierarchical Modeling of Combustion Processes -- Understanding Molecular Recognition and Self-Assembly from Large-Scale Numerical Simulations -- Large Scale Particle-in-cell Plasma Simulation -- Multi-scale Modeling of Crack Propagation -- Climate Modeling, Hydro- and Aerodynamics -- The Climate Model ECHAM5 on NEC SX-8 -- A Large Spectrum of Free Oceanic Oscillations -- Direct Numerical Simulation of Controlled Shear Flows -- Fluid-Structure Interaction in Turbine Simulation -- Heterogeneous Parallel Aero-Acoustics Using PACX-MPI -- Meandering of Wing-Tip Vortices Interacting with a Cold Jet in the Extended Wake.

This book presents the state of the art in high-performance computing and simulation on modern supercomputer architectures. It covers trends in hardware and software development in general and specifically the future of vector-based systems and heterogeneous architectures. The application contributions cover computational fluid dynamics, fluid-structure interaction, physics, chemistry, astrophysics, and climate research. Innovative fields like coupled multi-physics or multi-scale simulations are presented. All papers were chosen from presentations given at the seventh Teraflop Workshop, held in November 2007 at Tohoku University, Japan; the eighth Teraflop Workshop, held in April 2008 at the Höchstleistungsrechenzentrum Stuttgart (HLRS), Germany; and at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency in April 2008.