Nobody but Us: A History of Cray Research's Software and the Building of the World's Fastest Supercomputer

Edward W. Barnard

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Introduction

Introduction

The First Invisible Battlefield (Radio Intelligence)

The Human Cost of Staying First
The Pattern Creators
Decoding the Bootleggers
Decoding the Naval Disarmament Conference
Flying Against the Imperial Japanese Navy
- United States Naval Academy
- Year-End Traditions
- Naval Air Station Pensacola
- Assassination
- Carrier Qualification
- Rabaul
- Medal of Honor
- Final Flight
- Great Friends
- Summary
Was Location “AF” Midway, or the Aleutian Islands?
Hedy Lamarr, the Mother of WiFi

The Wizard’s Approach to Pattern Recognition

Profile of the “Real Programmer”
- A Debugging Skill
- Coding Challenges
- Fizz Buzz
- Recursion
- Whiteboard Interview
- Insecurities
- Profile Describing a Real Programmer
- Track and Field
- Fizz Buzz Practice
- Summary
Think Like a Computer
The Basics With a Side of Crypto
Design an Algorithm in Your Head
What Can the NSA Teach Us About Debugging?
Problem in a Box
Vacuum Tube Blackjack
- What This Deep Dive Teaches
- Early Computing
- Aberdeen Proving Ground
- Epic Folklore
- LGP-30 Programming
- Summary
Running the Numbers
Transcendent Patterns

The Second Invisible Battlefield (Nuclear Deterrence)

The Kiev Computer
Project Whirlwind
Semi-Automatic Ground Environment
- The Forgotten Best Seller
- Bug Collectors
- Around the World Nonstop
- George Valley
- Whirlwind
- Whirlwind II and IBM 701
- Production Model
- Lorenz Center
- Margaret Hamilton
- Send Man to the Moon
- Summary
Engineering Research Associates
Control Data Corporation
Cray Research
- John Rollwagen
- George Hanson
- Serial Two
- Cray Design
- The Cray Style
- Summary
My First CRAY-1
Big Iron

Legacy of the Invisible Battlefield

Software Development
My NSA Mug Shot
It Was Nothing, They Said
- Dash Pig
- Leap Day
- Y2K Bug
- Perspective
- The Wizards
- Magnetic Tape
- Deadline
- Modern Legacy Code
- Summary
Ducky Day
The Transitive Property of Keeping Your Mouth Shut
The Veil
Oil Across the Water
Desert Shield

The Invisible Battlefield Develops Mastery

Remembering “Scuzzy”
Gate Keeping
Imposter Syndrome
The Road Less Traveled
The Wizard’s Mirror

Teaching Rocket Science

The Search for Scientists
Lady of the Lake Discovers Bomb Test
Camelot, the German Rocket Scientists at Peenemünde
Mittelwerk Extermination
Sputnik Satellite Becomes Defense Priority
- Part I: Pattern Recognition Training
- Part II: Cognitive Apprenticeship
- Part III: Mental Model Construction
- Part IV: Mental Models in Organizational Context
- Part V: Mastery Transmission

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