ScREC
Supercomputer in Pakistan
| Active | September 2012[1] |
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| 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] |
| Website | [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
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Fastest supercomputer is out". Daily Times (Pakistan). 19 September 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
External links
- Supercomputing Research and Education Facility, Research Centre for Modeling and Simulation (NUST)
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National University of Sciences & Technology
- College of Aeronautical Engineering
- College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
- Military College of Engineering
- Military College of Signals
- NUST Balochistan Campus
- Pakistan Navy Engineering College
- Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences
- Institute of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- Institute of Geographical Information Systems
- National Institute of Transportation
- NUST Business School
- NUST Institute of Civil Engineering
- NUST Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies
- School of Art, Design and Architecture
- School of Chemical and Materials Engineering
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
- School of Natural Sciences
- School of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Centre of International Peace and Stability
- Chinese Studies Centre
- Samar Mubarakmand Research Institute of Microwave and Millimetre Wave Studies
- Research Center for Modeling and Simulation
- ScREC
- US-Pakistan Centre for Advanced Studies in Energy
- National Science and Technology Park
- Career Development Centre
- Centre for Counselling and Career Advisory
- Failure Analysis Centre
- Industrial Liaison Office
- Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization
- Professional Development Centre
- Technology Incubation Centre
