Table of Contents

1. Inception and Initial Funding

2. Goals

3. Customers

4. Organization

5. Personnel

6. Systems

7. History

8. Additional Information

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Inception and Initial Funding

• The Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC) was developed and is managed by a consortium led by the University of New Mexicounder a cooperative agreement administered by Phillips Laboratory, United States Air Force.

• Designated as a Support Center for the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program.

• Initial funding of $21 million for the cooperative agreement was awarded in September 1993, through the Air Force Phillips Laboratory.

• Additional funding for upgrade to 100-GigaFlop system provided by the DoD HPC Modernization Program.

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Goals

• Provide research and development supercomputing resources for the Air Force and Department of Defense laboratories

• Foster technology exchange with U.S. industry

• Establish educational programs in high performance computing

• Stimulate economic development

• Foster research and development in software for scalable parallel processors

• Foster collaboration to address Grand Challenge problems.

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Customers

• DoD HPC Modernization Program (50% of resources)

• Commercial Research and Development

• Educational Programs and University Research

• Government Research Organizations

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Organization

• Developed and managed by a consortium led by the University of New Mexico under a Cooperative Agreement with the USAFPhillips Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

• MHPCC Consortium Member Organizations
  • Carnegie Mellon University Imaging Group
  • Cornell Theory Center
  • Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
  • IBM Corporation
  • Maui Economic Development Board
  • Numerical Algorithms Group, Inc.
  • SETS Technology, Inc.
  • University of New Mexico

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Personnel

• Principal Investigators (UNM)
  • Frank Gilfeather, PhD
  • Brian Smith, PhD
  • John Sobolewski, PhD

• Management
  • Director, Gene Bal
  • Assoc. Director for User Services and Applications (open)
  • Assoc. Director for Systems and Operations, Jim Dorr
  • Assoc. Director for Outreach, Margaret Lewis

• User Services Consultants (ERIM, CMU, UNM)

• Systems Administration and Operations Staff (IBM, SETS)

• Outreach Staff (UNM)

• Administration Staff (UNM, SETS)

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Systems

• System Overview Diagram

• SP systems totalling 539 processors offering over 166 GFLOPS peak performance
  • 368 node SP2 general purpose
  • 51 node P2SC general purpose
  • 8 node (8-way) SMP general purpose
  • 16 node training and workshop
  • 3 special purpose systems (16 node, 16 node and 64 node)

• Silicon Graphics Visualization Workstations

• Various servers and workstations, xterminals

• HPSS Mass Storage System (20 Terabytes)

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History

• 09/93: Cooperative Agreement signed

• 12/93: 32-node SP1 arrives in Maui

• 05/94: 80-node SP2 arrives in Maui

• 09/94: 400-node SP2 arrives in Maui

• 10/94: Classified operations began on 64-node system

• 03/95: 16-node SP2 for classroom operational

• 11/95: NSL UniTree mass storage system available

• 12/96: Unitree mass storage system migrated to HPSS

• 12/96: 51 P2SC nodes and 8 8-way SMP nodes arrive

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Additional Information

• Detailed information about all aspects of the MHPCC is available on the WWW at http://www.mhpcc.edu.

• You may also contact the MHPCC directly for general information at:

  
     Maui High Performance Computing Center
     Maui Research and Technology Park
     550 Lipoa Parkway
     Kihei, Maui, HI  96753
  
     Phone: (808) 879-5077
            (800) 309-MAUI (6284)
     Fax:   (808) 879-5018
     Email: info@mhpcc.edu
  

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Last revised: 09 January 1997 blaise@mhpcc.edu