mccalpin@loligo.cc.fsu.edu (John McCalpin) (01/19/89)
In article <4135@hubcap.UUCP> art@CS.UCLA.EDU writes: > >I recall hearing that some university research center had set itself up >as a center for experimental parallel computing. They had purchased >a variety of parallel machines and were making them available to the >university research public over Arpanet or NFSnet. >Arthur Goldberg >art@cs.ucla.edu Argonne National Laboratories has set up the Advanced Computational Research Facility (ACRF) for experimentation and development of software on parallel computers. They have basically one of each commercial product: Sequent, Encore, Alliant, Intel, Connection Machine, and a few more. I can't remember the contact's name.... If no one else posts it, I will dig it up this afternoon.... -- ---------------------- John D. McCalpin ------------------------ Dept of Oceanography & Supercomputer Computations Research Institute mccalpin@masig1.ocean.fsu.edu mccalpin@nu.cs.fsu.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------
levine@antares.mcs.anl.gov (01/24/89)
In article <4135@hubcap.UUCP> art@CS.UCLA.EDU writes: > >I recall hearing that some university research center had set itself up >as a center for experimental parallel computing. They had purchased >a variety of parallel machines and were making them available to the >university research public over Arpanet or NFSnet. >Arthur Goldberg >art@cs.ucla.edu Argonne National Laboratory has set up the Advanced Computing Research Facility (ACRF) for the study of parallel computing. The center has four principal objectives: - To encourage experimentation on computers with innovative designs. - To assess the suitability of diverse machines for specific applications. - To support the Mathmematics and Computer Science divisions research in parallel computation. - To operate as a national user facility. Parallel computers currently in the ACRF are: 4-processor Ardent Titan 8-processor Alliant FX/8 16-processor Intel iPSC-VX hypercube 20-processor Encore Multimax 24-processor Sequent Balance 21000 32-processor Intel iPSC hypercube 1024-processor Active Memory Technology DAP 16384-processor Thinking Machines CM-2 The ACRF may be reached from most networks (arpanet, mfenet, nsfnet, ...). Accounts on the machines are available (free of charge) to those doing research in parallel computing who submit and have approved a research proposal. Introductory classes in parallel computing on the ACRF machines are taught periodically. The upcoming schedule of (Fortran-based) classes for 1989 is: March 15-17, May 3-5, June 21-23, August 16-18, October 11-13, December 6-8. C-based classes are taught on a demand basis. For further information: Rusty Lusk (lusk@mcs.anl.gov) - information on obtaining ACRF accounts Teri Huml (huml@mcs.anl.gov) - class registration David Levine (levine@mcs.anl.gov) - class content David Levine levine@mcs.anl.gov Mathematics and Computer Science {alliant,sequent,rogue}!anlams!levine 9700 Cass Avenue South (312) 972-6735 Argonne National Laboratory Argonne, Illinois 60439
ajit@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ajit Singh) (04/28/89)
A friend of mine needs access to parallel computers from University of Alberta, Canada. I was wondering if there are any readers in this news group who can provide me with answers to following two questions in this regard: (1) Are there any institutions in Canada that provide university access to parallel computers? (2) Can people from canadian universities access parallel computing facilities at Argonne National Lab. or at any other institution in U.S.? Answers can be either mailed to me directly or can be posted in this news group. Thanks a lot. Ajit Singh Dept. of Computing Science Univ. of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada email address: ajit@alberta.uucp