edwest@utcs.UUCP (09/03/86)
The Center for Large Scale Computation
at the University of Toronto
and
The Supercomputer Users' Group
at the University of Toronto
present an introduction to
THE CRAY X-MP SUPERCOMPUTER
Date: Wednesday, September 24, 1986
Time: 2:10 to 5:00 PM
Location: Room 203, McLennan Laboratories
60 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario
The University of Toronto is in the final stages of installing a Cray
X-MP/22 supercomputer. This achievement is the result of a long process of
study and negotiation about which many members of the University community
would like to become better informed.
This public seminar is intended to provide a broad, but comprehensive,
overview of the Cray system and its significance to the Ontario university
community. The presentation will be divided into several parts, one
intended for a general audience of potential users, the others for those
with a more technical interest in the X-MP.
Everyone is welcome to attend. The tentative agenda follows.
2:15 Supercomputer Facility
History of the supercomputer project
Organization of the supercomputer facility
Function of the Center for Large Scale Computation
Role of the Supercomputer Users' Group
Obtaining authorization to use the Cray
Software overview
3:10 Technical aspects of the X-MP
System software and applications
Performance of the X-MP
Cray X-MP system architecture
4:00 System software
Gaining access to the Cray
Cray Operating System (COS)
Cray Fortran and vectorization
4:45 Future Directions