Nuclear Physics from QCD : The Anticipated Impact of Exa-Scale Computing

TL;DR

This paper discusses how exa-scale computing will enable significant progress in calculating nuclear physics processes directly from QCD, outlining current estimates of computational needs.

Contribution

It provides an overview of the anticipated impact of exa-scale computing on nuclear physics calculations from QCD and estimates the resources required.

Findings

Exa-scale computing will significantly advance QCD-based nuclear physics calculations.

Current estimates of computational resources needed for key nuclear physics goals.

Highlights progress and future prospects in high-performance computing for nuclear physics.

Abstract

I discuss highlights in the progress that is being made toward calculating processes of importance in nuclear physics from QCD using high performance computing. As exa-scale computing resources are expected to become available around 2017, I present current estimates of the computational resources required to accomplish central goals of nuclear physics.