G-Phenomena as a Base of Scalable Distributed Computing —G-Phenomena in Moore’s Law

Karolj Skala, Davor Davidović, Tomislav Lipić, Ivan Sović

Centre for Informatics and Computing, Ru?er Bo?kovi? Institute, Zagreb, Croatia.

DOI: 10.4236/ijids.2014.21001                

Abstract

Today we witness the exponential growth of scientific research. This fast growth is possible thanks to the rapid development of computing systems since its first days in 1947 and the invention of transistor till the present days with high performance and scalable distributed computing systems. This fast growth of computing systems was first observed by Gordon E. Moore in 1965 and postulated as Moore’s Law. For the development of the scalable distributed computing systems, the year 2000 was a very special year. The first GHz speed processor, GB size memory and GB/s data transmission through network were achieved. Interestingly, in the same year the usable Grid computing systems emerged, which gave a strong impulse to a rapid development of distributed computing systems. This paper recognizes these facts that occurred in the year 2000, as the G-phenomena, a millennium cornerstone for the rapid development of scalable distributed systems evolved around the Grid and Cloud computing paradigms.

Keywords

Historical Development of Computing; G-Phenomena; Moore’s Law; Distributed Computing; Scalability; Grid Computing; Cloud Computing Component

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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