Computing Time at GCS

The GCS offers a state-of-the-art high-performance computing and networking infrastructure. At JSC the first European PetaFlop supercomputer, a 72 rack IBM Blue Gene/P system, is available; LRZ offers its SGI Altix 4700 system with 62.3 TeraFlop/s; finally, HLRS brings in a hybrid computing system from NEC consisting out of SX-9 vector nodes, Intel Nehalem nodes, and GPGPUS. The architectures of these machines are complementary and can accommodate a broad spectrum of applications: For example, the SX-9 nodes are highly efficient for vectorized codes, the Altix can offer a huge shared memory, and the Blue Gene boosts applications which scale to extreme processor numbers. The systems within the GCS will be continuously upgraded in a round robin fashion.

Users are encouraged to choose a centre that provides the architecture and software most appropriate for their programs.

Call for Large-Scale Projects, PDF (extended deadline 2 March 2010, 17:00)

Apply for computing time at JSC
Apply for computing time at LRZ
Apply for computing time at HLRS