High Performance Computing
A High
Performance Computing (HPC) cluster is a massively parallel computer
that performs similarly to a supercomputer by connecting a group of
computers (nodes) through a high-speed network in order to perform
intense computing tasks. The cluster works in tandem to complete the
tasks by dividing the work among the cluster nodes, reassembling the
results, and presenting them to the client as if a single system did
the work. HPC clusters provide a platform for support of research
activities for University faculty who require more resources than
can be accommodated with a single user's workstation. ISU's high
performance computing environment supports research across a wide
range of academic fields including Life Sciences, Bioinformatics,
Computational Chemistry and Mathematics.
CIRT is working with computational chemists and physicists on
campus to support Gaussin, MOLPRO, GAMESS, NWChem, as well as a
range of bioinformatics and life science applications such as BLAT,
EMBOSS, HMMer, and MATLAB.
Click here for a detailed HPC software list.
CIRT provides academic programming services as well as software
tools and techniques to effectively make use of clusters for
computational science research. In addition, CIRT provides a
wide-range of training opportunities for faculty and graduate
students on the uses of HPC in research activities. These HPC
systems will also act as a platform for development and testing of
applications that may later migrate to national supercomputer
centers for high-end production work. This initiative was
implemented to maintain a level of institutional computational
capability that is consistent with peer institutions. |
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