ORNL: Science & Technology: High Performance Computing: Terascale Computing

OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

Terascale Computing

	At ORNL we are constantly pushing the limits of innovation in high-performance computing, bringing the biggest, fastest, and newest systems to bear on problems of national importance.

Hardware resources

ORNL has state-of-the-art resources for computing sciences research and one of the world's largest computing centers for high-performance computational science.

Advanced Terascale Computing Facility (ORNL's Center for Computational Sciences)
Tennessee Oak Ridge Cluster Project (TORC & HighTORC)
Computer Science & Mathematics Computing Resources (CSM Division computers)
Stone SouperComputer (ESD's Beowulf-Style Parallel Computer)

Distributed computing research

The extensive ORNL expertise in tool development assures readiness for teraflops, whether achieved via "big iron" or with distributed systems.

SciDAC: Scalable Systems Scalable Tools for Large Clusters; Resource Management; System Interfaces; System Management Tool Framework
CSM Network and Cluster Computing Group
    TORC & HighTORC (Tennessee Oak Ridge Cluster Project)
    PVM, XPVM (Heterogeneous Cluster Computing)
    Harness (Next Generation of PVM)
    CUMULVS (Collaborative Visualization and Steering)
more projects

Performance testing

An important aspect of terascale computing is evaluation of early systems -- studying the suitability of new and experimental computer systems for challenging application codes and providing feedback to machine architects, software designers, and application programmers.

Evaluation of Early Systems
Performance Evaluation Zone
Performance Tuning and Evaluation using the CCM atmospheric model
PROBE (Storage Testbed)

Emerging technologies research

ORNL's computing expertise goes beyond evalution and use of the latest computer systems, to development of innovative technologies for future systems.

Computer Science and Mathematics (CSM) Division
    Quantum Computing by Connecting the Dots
    CESAR Quantum Information Science
    CESAR Optical Systems
     CESAR Nanotechnology
     Polymer Quantum Dots
Engineering Science and Technology Division (ESTD)
     All-optical Transistors
    Molecular-Scale Engineering and Nanoscale Technologies Research Group
    Critters on a Chip (Half Living, Half Silicon Chip)
Life Sciences Division (LSD)
    Biosensors for Biotechnology (DNA Biochip)
Solid State Division (SSD) SSD Advanced Lithography Group
    Thin-Film Rechargeable Lithium and Lithium-Ion Batteries

High performance computing applications

At ORNL cross-disciplinary teams combine computing expertise with a breadth of scientific knowledge to generate world-class research results .

Simulation Science
Applications on CCS computers
1998 Gordon Bell award (First real science application to achieve a TeraFLOP)

History of high performance computing at ORNL

With a rich history of evaluating new architectures and bringing them to production status, ORNL is ready for the challenges of terascale computing.

Supercomputing at ORNL 1988-1998
History of Computing 1939-1999
History of Ion Implantation at ORNL
Dedication of Terascale Computing Facility