Convex Exemplar SPP1220
OSC engineers in 1995 installed a Convex Exemplar SPP1220 system, a recently upgraded version of Convex’s popular SPP1000 system, featuring a new processor, memory and I/O package.
HPC
IBM RISC System/6000* Scalable POWERparallel Systems * SP2
In April, 1995, OSC engineers began installing a powerful new computer at the OSC/KRC – an IBM RISC System/6000* Scalable POWERparallel Systems * SP2.
Cray Y-MP 2E
In 1994 OSC installed a Cray Y-MP 2E as a complement machine to the Cray T3D MPP.
Cray T3D MPP
On April 18, 1994, OSC engineers took delivery of a 32-processor Cray T3D MPP, an entry-level massively parallel processing system. Each of the processors included a DEC Alpha chip, eight megawords of memory and Cray-designed memory logic.
Cray Y-MP8/864
In August 1989, OSC engineers completed the installation of the $22 million Cray Y-MP8/864 system, which was deemed the largest and fastest supercomputer in the world for a short time. The seven-ton system was able to calculate 200 times faster than many mainframes at that time and underwent several weeks of stress testing from “friendly users, who loaded the machine to 97 percent capacity for 17 consecutive days.
Cray X-MP/24
Ohio State in the spring of 1987 budgeted $8.2 million over the next five years to lease a Cray X-MP/24, OSP’s first real supercomputer. The X-MP arrived June 1 at the OSU IRCC loading dock on Kinnear Road.
Decommissioned Supercomputers
OSC has operated a number of supercomputer systems over the years. Here is a list of previous machines and their specifications.
2014/07 - OSC Roadmap
The July 2014 HPC Tech Talk (Tuesday, July 22nd from 4-5PM) will provide a talk about OSC Roadmap, which includes OSC business model and service catalog, "Condo" pilot project, Ruby cluster, and FY15 capital budget. To get the WebEX information and add a calendar entry, go here. Slides are available below.
2014/04 - Invited talk: MVAPICH
The April 2014 HPC Tech Talk (Tuesday, April 22th from 4-5PM) will provide some brief OSC updates, have a user-driven Q&A session, and will close with an invited talk about MPI-3 from the MVAPICH developers from The Ohio State University. To get the WebEX information and add a calendar entry, go here. Slides are available below.
