New NEC SX-4 available at CSC e-HPC portalMaidstone 13 March 2001 NEC ESS installed a supercomputer system in the UK for general usage through CSC's High Performance Computing (eHPC) portal. The NEC SX-4 with eight parallel vector processors and shared memory was installed in CSC's Maidstone Data Centre in January 2001.
According to John
Rawlins, Director of Supercomputing Operations within CSC's Global
Infrastructure Services (GIS) Division "the new NEC system will significantly
enhance CSC's current HPC capabilities and provide a capability well suited to
a wide range of supercomputing applications".
The SX-4 will be available to industry through e-HPC.com, CSC's new
supercomputing service, which makes the use of large-scale HPC systems more
affordable through the use of Internet. Many organisations need regular access
to HPC facilities and the implementation of NEC's SX-4 at CSC will benefit most
those organisations who require the use of fast, reliable and secure
supercomputing facilities with varying demands.
Corporations, governments, defence establishments and education authorities
place their trust in CSC to develop best of breed solutions
- advising, building, implementing and maintaining information systems which
set them apart from their competitors. The implementation of the NEC
Supercomputer will provide sophisticated and powerful technology for their
leading edge research and development.
The SX series of supercomputers from the Japanese company NEC combines high-
efficiency shared memory vector computing with the scalability of distributed
memory systems. This means nodes can be easily combined for computationally
intensive tasks. SX-4 Series is highly thought of for excellent, effective
performance, value for money and ease of use.
The new NEC system will enable CSC's clients to accurately predict and
understand how things react and change in different configurations and
environments; an essential activity for many businesses delivering high quality
results and products in short time-scales.
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