ScREC
| Active | September 2012[1] |
|---|---|
| Operators | Research Centre for Modeling and Simulation (RCMS), NUST |
| Location | Research Centre for Modeling and Simulation, NUST, Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Storage | 21.6 TeraByte[1] |
| Speed | 132 TeraFLOPS[1] |
| Purpose | Multipurpose[1] |
| Web site | [1] |
ScREC is a supercomputer developed by the Research Centre for Modeling and Simulation (RCMS) at the National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan (NUST) in Islamabad, Pakistan . With a 132 teraflops performance, it is currently the fastest supercomputer in Pakistan.[1]
System specifications
ScREC is able to perform parallel computing and has a performance speed of 132 teraFLOPS (trillion operations per second). It is the fastest running graphics processing unit (GPU) parallel computing system to have been developed in Pakistan.[1] The supercomputer has multi-core processors and graphics co-processors, with an inter-process communication speed of 40 gigabits per second. According to system specifications, the computer cluster consists of 66 nodes equipped with 30,992 processor cores. Additional component details include:
- 32 dual quad core computer nodes (256 processor cores)
- 32 Nvidia graphics processing units
- QDR InfiniBand interconnection
- 21.6 TB storage
See also
- Information technology in Pakistan
- Supercomputing in Pakistan
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Fastest supercomputer is out". Daily Times (Pakistan). 19 September 2012. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C09%5C19%5Cstory_19-9-2012_pg11_2. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
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