Maui supercomputer center is doubling its computer capacityKihei 11 Oct 99The POWER3 nodes will be combined with MHPCC's existing IBM POWER2 Super Chip nodes to create a single system that will offer approximately 300 Gigaflops of high-performance computational capability. Installation of the new system is scheduled to begin in late October and it is anticipated that users will have access to this resource in January 2000. The more powerful system will provide MHPCC's diverse base of government, academic and commercial users with a more effective and robust environment for the development and deployment of demanding parallel computing applications. This purchase is partially funded by the Department of Defense (DoD) High Performance Computing and Modernization Program (HPCMP), through AFRL. MHPCC is a Distributed Center for HPCMP, supplying one-half of it resources to support HPMCP-sponsored research efforts. This includes six DoD Challenge Projects that have a combined annual allocation of approximately 1,000,000 node hours of computing time through September 2000. In addition, this new system will directly benefit other MHPCC users who are solving computationally intense problems. This includes the development of new advanced imaging algorithms by the Air Force Maui Space Surveillance Site, mesoscale weather modeling research by the University of Hawaii and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and agent-based battlefield simulations by the Marine Corp Combat Development Center. The upgrade is part of a competitive procurement and includes options that provide early receipt of IBM's copper-based technology in 2000. The agreement leaves open the possibility of raising MHPCC's overall peak performance rating beyond the 1.5 Teraflop range.
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