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.
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.
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.
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.
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