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CRAY - The Supercomputer Company, Friday 8th May 2009, BST 3pm Room 1.10, Kilburn Building The University of Manchester Andy Mason - CRAY, will be presenting current installation examples, the HECToR UK national supercomputer upgrade route to phase 2 (up to 400TFlops) and phase 3 (1PetaFlop?); as well as a roadmap of the new family of products. The RCUK roadmap includes speculative routes beyond 2013 onwards to 2020: ideas include not just a new general purpose supercomputer but also the opportunity to deploy specialist machines (graphics cards???). If you wish to have a meeting with Andy Mason; from buying your own machine to speeding up code - please email and we will arrange a slot ([email protected]). ------- This is part of the Access Grid enabled Seminar Series: http://manchester.siggraph.org/ ======= Access Grid Information: Most of these meeting are Access Grid enabled. Anyone wishing to view a seminar via Access Grid should note the following. Please check the Jabber room shortly before the start of the seminar to find if ScreenStreamer is to be used. Virtual Venue: Access Grid Support Centre Virtual Venue: University of Manchester Room1:10 Jabber Room: university-of-manchester-(1.10) (sam.ag.manchester.ac.uk)@conference.mcs.anl.gov ScreenStreamer * Preferably use ScreenStreamer software - go to http://www.memetic-vre.net/software/ScreenStreamer/ScreenStreamer.php and select room "University of Manchester (1.10)" from the AGSC section. Grab the screen feed (by clicking on it) from the screenstreamer window and resize it - more info can be found on http://www.memetic-vre.net/software/ScreenStreamer. * Alternatively, the screenshot (not animated) can be accessed at http://192.150.184.66:7890 (this IP might change for some sessions - please check Jabber). For technical assistance regarding the Access Grid, please contact the Access Grid Support Centre. Non-UK Access Grid nodes are advised to contact the Access Grid Support Centre to check connectivity before the date of the seminar.
