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.
DHPC Group's Beowulf Cluster Projects - Beowulf clusters are high-performance computers built from off-the-shelf commodity components. They usually consist of a cluster of PCs running Linux and connected using a Fast Ethernet network, however some clusters use high-end Unix workstations (such as Compaq Alpha or Sun UltraSPARC machines) and/or high-end gigabit networks (such as Myrinet, ServerNet or Giganet).
The Distributed Information Systems Control World (DISCWorld) is a smart middleware system designed to integrate processing and storage resources across wide area heterogeneous networks, exploiting broadband communications where available.
Metacomputing has come to mean the ``integration of distributed computing resources so that a user connected to a single platform can enjoy the functionality and performance of the whole system with some degree of transparency''. The term implies more than distributed computing or clustered computing and often involves a ``meta-level'' of software above the individual operating systems of the component hosts that provides the glue to enable transparent access for users. The term metacomputing usually implies interactions across computing resources that would otherwise be uncoupled at the operating systems level, and often also implies interactions across wide areas. A number of metacomputing environments and software packages have been developed recently by other researchers, each addressing different aspects of the problem.
This project provides a framework for many of the threads of research in high performance and distributed computing that we are carrying out both in the DHPC Group and under the OLDA program of the ACSys CRC. The sub-projects include:
* Parallel Computing and Cluster Development
* Networks Evaluation and Benchmarking
* Distributed Storage Systems Management Software
* Java for Distributed and High-Performance Computing
High Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991 on Wikipedia - The High Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991 (HPCA) was a bill created and introduced by then Senator Al Gore (it was thus referred to as the Gore Bill). It was passed on December 9, 1991.
This bill led to the development of the National Research and Education Network (NREN) (which was referred to with the rhetoric of the Information Superhighway). It also led to the development of the National Information Infrastructure (also discussed through the rhetoric of the Information Superhighway) the High-Performance Computing and Communications Initiative (an off-shoot of the HPCA), the web browser Mosaic, and the creation of a high-speed fiber optic network that, when utilized, would help stimulate the economy.
NAG High Performance Computing Libraries - To enhance the performance of your code on multi-processor systems Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) can now offer two new high performance libraries. Whether you have a shared memory or a distributed memory system, NAG has a library that will help you make the most of the available resources. For shared memory systems, the NAG SMP Library has been designed to be a direct equivalent to the "standard" NAG Fortran Library. For distributed memory systems, including Beowulf style clusters, NAG has a dedicated Parallel Library.
North Carolina BioGrid - The NC BioGrid project was established in the Fall of 2001 to research and implement new grid computing technologies that will enable researchers and educators throughout North Carolina to take full advantage of the genomic revolution. The vision for the NC BioGrid was provided by the High Performance Computing and Data Storage Focus Group of the NC Genomics and Bioinformatics Consortium (NCGBC). The NCGBC is facilitated through the NC Biotech Center .
DACS Gold Practice Initiative
