Abstract

Significant progress has been made installing and commissioning the new Intel based Sun Supercomputer at the NCI National Facility located at the ANU. This system will offer a new class of computer capacity to researchers. We will discuss the technologies and design parameters of the new system and also provide some early performance results from the system. The next phase of the installation is currently underway and we will discuss the new services that the completed facility will offer.

About the speakers

Kevin Mayo is the Chief Technologist for the Education and Research industry in Australia and New Zealand. Recently, he has been working on the large HPC projects at the Australian National University and the Bureau of. Kevin has extensive experience in working with governments and commercial organisations to architect and implement complex solutions and has particular expertise in the areas of enterprise systems and high performance computing.

Peter Kerney is an Enterprise Technical Specialist with Intel Australia. His role is to work with end users and solution providers to architect solutions that support new Intel platforms and user usage models. Peter has experience in a number of markets including high performance computing, visualisation, broadcast, defence and simulation.