[SIGCIS-Members] History of Linux hpc/supercomputing

[Martin Schmitt]

Hi Evan, hi all,

there’s a wonderful book about the Supercomputing Center at the University of Stuttgart, Germany by David Gugerli and Ricky Wichum: Simulation for All. The Politics of Supercomputing in Stuttgart. Zürich 2021.

https://www.chronos-verlag.ch/node/28049
Simulation for All
chronos-verlag.ch

I recently wrote a review about the great book, which you find here: https://www.hsozkult.de/review/id/reb-96086?title=geschichte-und-umwelt-von-rechenzentren
It’s in German, but you can easily translate it.

They also cover more recent developments. I’m not sure though if they elaborate on Linux

Best
Martin 

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter | digital enthusiast

UNIVERSITÄT PADERBORN
Historisches Institut
Zeitgeschichte, Neuere & Neuste Geschichte, Digital History 
https://www.uni-paderborn.de/person/100968
Tel.: +49 5251 60-2428

Zuletzt erschienen: Schmitt, Martin: „Socialist AI? Societal Use, Economic Implementation, and the Tensions of Applied Computer Science in Late Socialist GDR“, in: IEEE Annals Hist. Comput. (2023), S. 66-79.








> Am 28.04.2025 um 21:34 schrieb Koblentz, Evan via Members <members at lists.sigcis.org>:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> It's been about 30 years since supercomputer designers started using Linux and off-the-shelf hardware. Does anyone study the history of that field? 
> 
> --
> Evan Koblentz
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