Army Research Laboratory Major Shared Resource Center - In late 2008, the Army Research Laboratory Major Shared Resource Center (ARL MSRC) will increase its computing capability from 100 to 200 TFLOPS. This factor of two increase in capability will make the ARL MSRC one of the most capable computing centers in the Department of Defense (DoD).
Three Cray XT5s were procured for the ARL MSRC as part of the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program’s (HPCMP) Technology Insertion 2008, an initiative to modernize the DoD’s high performance computing capabilities. The HPCMP provides the supercomputer services, high-speed network communications, and computational science expertise that enables the U.S. Defense laboratories, such as the ARL MSRC, to conduct a wide range of focused research, development, and testing activities.
"Today’s scientists are challenged with moving new ideas, technologies and capabilities from concept to warfighter capability more quickly than ever before. This increased computational power will ensure that our scientists and engineers can solve increasingly complex problems in real time, providing our warfighters the latest weapons systems, tactical capabilities and strategic technologies in a reduced timeframe", said Charles J. Nietubicz, Director of the ARL MSRC and Chief of the Advanced Computing and Computational Sciences Division in the Computational and Information Sciences Directorate.
Center for Computational Science (CCS) - The Center for Computational Science (CCS) is an Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) organization within the Information Technology Division. The mission of the CCS is to provide the Navy community with access to state-of-the-art high performance computing and communications (HPCC)
Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN) - DREN enables over 4,000 scientists and engineers at defense laboratories, test centers, universities, and industry sites throughout the United States to use High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) computing resources.
Distributed Centers -- DoD High Performance Computing
Modernization Program - Distributed Centers (DCs) provide high performance computing (HPC) capacity and capability to a specified local and remote portion of the program's community. Modest-sized systems are deployed to distributed centers where there is a significant advantage to having a local HPC system and where there is a potential for advancing DoD applications using investments in HPC capabilities and resources. These centers may develop new software or evaluate advanced computing and communications technologies. Distributed centers enable many organizations to stay at the forefront of technology.
Distributed Centers' Hardware - This site provides a brief listing of the hardware available at each DoD Distributed Center.
High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) - The Department of Defense (DoD) High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) mission is to modernize the total high performance computational capability of DoD Science and Technology (S&T), Development Test and Evaluation (DT&E) and Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) to a level comparable to that available in the foremost civilian and other government agency Research and Development (R&D) environments.
National Coordination Office for Computing, Information, and Communications - Federal Networking and IT research, which launched and fueled the digital revolution, continues to drive innovation in scientific research, national security, communication, and commerce to sustain U.S. technological leadership. The NITRD agencies' collaborative efforts increase the overall effectiveness and productivity of Federal networking and information technology R&D investments, leveraging strengths, avoiding duplication, and increasing interoperability of R&D products.
Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) Major Shared Resource Center (MSRC) - The NAVOCEANO DoD MSRC is organizationally located within the office of the Technical Director and operates as a DoD shared HPC resource. The MSRC provides DoD scientists and engineers with advanced HPC resources including vector systems, scalable parallel systems, clustered workstations, data storage and archiving, scientific visualization resources, and training and expertise in specific computational technology areas (CTAs).
Space and Naval Warfare System Center, San Diego (SSC San Diego)
Distributed Center - The Space and Naval Warfare System Center, San Diego (SSC San Diego) hosts three scalable, parallel DoD HPC systems on Pt. Loma. Each of the Distributed Center facilities is designed to support a distinct S&T technology area and provides an HPC system architecture consistent with that focus.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station (CEWES) Major Shared Resource Center (MSRC) - Originally, established as an Army Supercomputer Center in 1989, CEWES became the first High Performance Computing (HPC) Major Shared Resource Center (MSRC) in 1993 as part of the DoD HPC Modernization Program. The CEWES MSRC operates multi-vendor HPC Computational systems that address DoD user requirements for hardware, software, programming environments and training. The CEWES MSRC Scientific Visualization Center (SVC) provides the capability to visualize the results of computational complex simulations and models.
U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Major Shared Resource Center (MSRC) - The ARL MSRC is one of four large high performance computing centers that service the computational requirements of the Defense research and development community and the developmental test and evaluation community. Each of the four centers was developed and modernized under the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP). Each center is populated with large, leading edge, full spectrum suites of computational platforms and expert staff to operate, maintain, support, and exploit these resources to meet Defense requirements. In addition, each center is operated in conjunction with a nationally recognized integration contractor to augment the Government capability at each site.
DACS Gold Practice Initiative
