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2. 2 Welcome to HP-CAST-NTIG at NSC 1–2 April 2008

3. 3 Neolith HP ProLiant DL140 G3 805 nodes 2 Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors, 2.33 GHz 16–32GB RAM Cisco Infiniband switches 44.46 TFlop/s Linpack Used by research groups from all Swedish universities The largest computer ever for academic use in Sweden

4. 4 Neolith ranked 23 (November 2007)

5. 5 Bore and Gimle Two HP DL160 G5 systems Total of 140 nodes 2 Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors, 2.8 GHz, 1600 MHz FSB 16 GB RAM 12.5 TFlop/s peak performance For weather forecasts and research at SMHI (the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute) In full use by the end of June 2008

6. 6 NSC – National Supercomputer Centre One of the largest academic supercomputing centres in Sweden Offering access to a diversity of architectural and data storage solutions Over 200 scientific users Total NSC staff of 21 persons

7. 7 National Collaborations Scientific community –SNIC – Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (at the Swedish Research Council) –Research groups at Linköping University and other universities SMHI Saab

8. 8 International Collaborations NDGF – Nordic DataGrid Facility –WLCG – Worldwide LHC Computing Grid project –BioGrid PRACE – Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe EGEE – Enabling Grids for E-science HPC4U – Highly Predictable Cluster for Internet Grids ENES-IS – InfraStructure for the European Network for Earth System modelling

9. 9 Welcome to HP-CAST-NTIG at NSC 1–2 April 2008

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