Thought Leadership Article: High Performance Computing Helped Build AI Capabilities of Today
The origins of high-performance computing (HPC) can be traced back to the 1940s, starting with the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) development at the University of Pennsylvania, one of the first electronic general-purpose computers. In the 1950s, the University of Illinois pushed the future forward, further advancing the field, notably by creating the ILLIAC series (a name derived from Illinois Automatic Computer), which marked significant progress toward modern supercomput...