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

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.

Comments: Talk presented at "Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum IX", August 30 - September 3, 2010, Madrid, Spain. 6 pages, 13 figures