Perspectives of parallel processing in aerospace computing
Y.-Y.J. Leung · 1995
Par~ullel processirrg has become a more mature technology. The gerreral consensus in the high performance cornputirrg comrnurrity is that parallel processirrg is the ordy 1.iahle path to orders of mug~ritude performance inipro~~emerrt oi3er today's seqrretrtial nwchitres. Aerospace computirrg is one area that cart me a3 much computi~g pm~r as the techrrology cm deliver: Strurtural arralysis, simi~latioiz of design. ,flight sinrulator.\, etc. are good candidates to tuke U~IWIIIU~~ of th~ IIPMJ rerhr>olog.y. Ho~'eve~; sof~cc*are errgineeri~rg disriplirres such as reusability, muirrtai~rc~I~ili@ productivity measr4rement, CASE tools. etc.. hui'e rrut been exte~lded to include parallel processirlg. ?he lack of such software etrgirreerirrg discij~lirres greatly hinders the applicability uf this rreM, technology ill the most yromisirrg aerospace computi~rg applicatio~i area. In this paper; we ill e.ramine the imj)licatiorrs of these softc\m-e erigirreering disciplines to aerospace comprdtirrg arrd suggest a framework for future imp~~oi'ement.