關於 HPC 的 P = 是 Performance , Power 還是 Productivity? - Is supercomputing just about performance?
It's all too easy to focus HPC budgets on the hardware and, increasingly, the electricity. That's understandable. The hardware is something that buyers and their bosses can clearly see has been obtained with the money; you can kick it, although I wouldn't recommend it.
人們很容易專注在高速運算的硬體採購預算（當然近來也越來越關切電力開銷）。這很容易理解，因為硬體是採購者還有他們的老闆都可以清楚看到用錢堆砌出來的成果。（你可以踢它，縱使我不建議這麼做）
Investing in other aspects of productivity — such as people, processes and software — may seem less concrete and provides nothing kickable, but in reality the business case may be even easier.
投資在其他生產力－如人力、流程和軟體－或許看起來不怎麼具體（也踢不到），但事實上執行起來反而比要容易些。
