Technology divisions

• Cluster computing

  Since 1999, NSC has been designing and building computer clusters based on commodity off-the-shelf (COTS) components, aka. beowulfs. To achieve high performance and stability, it is necessary to keep a continuous close watch on the technology development in the open systems market. Cluster computing is an opportunity to make high performance computing more cost efficient.

• Grid deployment

  NDGF, Nordic DataGrid Facility

  SweGrid

  NSC supports the Nordugrid project.

  Peer-to-peer technologies.

  Ubiquitous computing.

• Programming and production environments for high performance computing

  Providing high performance resources to many disparate projects and groups requires a stable, well-defined environment which include services such as efficient batch scheduling, accounting, multi-level monitoring. NSC is continuosly developing the user environment, providing users with a more consistent, integrated and easy-to-use environment.

• Linköping university graphics consortium (LiKAD)

  The consortium for visualization at Linköping University consists of

  • National Supercomputer Centre (NSC)
  • Department of Science and Technology (ITN) in Norrköping
  • The WITAS project at the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA)
  • Solid Mechanics and Industrial Ergonomics at the Department of Mechanical Engineering (IKP)

• Remote visualization

  Contributing to the development of remote visualization at Silicon Graphics, NSC is participating in the evaluation of Vizserver. Researchers at the university hospital can access the powerful graphics resources physically located at NSC, using the existing network connections.