Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre
EPCC, formerly the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre, is a supercomputing centre based at the University of Edinburgh. Since its foundation in 1990, its stated mission has been to accelerate the effective exploitation of novel computing throughout industry, academia and commerce.
The Bayes Centre on Potterrow, Edinburgh | |
| Established | 1991 |
|---|---|
Field of research | High performance computing, Hardware acceleration, Computational science and engineering |
| Director | Mark Parsons Alan Simpson, Technical Director Paul Clark, Director of High Performance Computing |
Chairman | Arthur Trew |
| Staff | 90 |
| Students | 40 |
| Address | The Bayes Centre, 47 Potterrow |
| Location | Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| EH8 9BT | |
TOP500 rank | National: 1 World: 22 |
| Affiliations | Globus Alliance, Software Sustainability Institute, BonFIRE |
Operating agency | University of Edinburgh |
| Website | www.epcc.ed.ac.uk |
The University has supported high performance computing (HPC) services since 1982. As of 2013, through EPCC, it supports the UK's national high-end computing system, ARCHER (Advanced Research Computing High End Resource), and the UK Research Data Facility (UK-RDF).
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.