Essay On Stampede Super Computer

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Postgraduate Diploma in Computing by Distance Learning
Practical Activity 2: Super Computers
Contents
2.1 Introduction to the Stampede Super Computer 2
2.2 The Stampede Super Computer 2
2.3 Computer Architecture 3
2.4 What the Stampede is being used for 4
2.5 Interesting Facts about the Stampede Super Computer 6
References 7

2.1 Introduction to the Stampede Super Computer
The Stampede, one of the most advanced scientific research instruments in the world, which was designed, built and deployed by the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC).
(TACC) worked in conjunction with Dell, Intel engineers and university researchers in designing and building the super computer.
It was funded by the (NFS) National Science Foundation Grants, with an estimated investment of more than $50 million over a four-year period, it part of the (NSF)’s investment in an integrated advanced cyber infrastructure.
[5] It is one of the world’s most powerful computers devoted to open science research. The Stampede computer will be a powerful instrument that will enable new kinds of scientific advances the way that powerful microscopes and telescopes have been able to do.
The Texas Advanced Computing Center will give each team the training it needs to use the new machine effectively.
The Stampede allows many users to simulate, visualize, analyze, store and share their knowledge with others around the world.
2.2 The Stampede Super Computer
Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) is an advanced computing research center that provides advanced computing resources and support services to researchers. The mission of TACC is to create advances science using advanced computing technologies.
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...twork per second as the entire internet.
The file system can write a terabyte in under eight seconds.
Super Computers normally become out dated after about four years in service; the Stampede has been created with the ability to add additional performance in the future.
To date there are: o 2000 + users o 1000 + Research Projects o 100 + Scientific Domains o 710,000,000 + CPU hours used

References
[1] - http://www.top500.org/system/177931 - Last Accessed: 7th March 2014
[2] - https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/stampede/ - Last Accessed: 7th March 2014
[3] - https://www.xsede.org/web/guest/tacc-stampede - Last Accessed: 12th March 2014
[4] - https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/resources/hpc/stampede-technical - Last Accessed: 12th March 2014
[5] - http://www.statesman.com/news/business/stampede-supercomputer-tives-scientists-a-powerful/nSzmH/ - Last Accessed: 13th March 2014

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