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The MACI Complex at the
NOTE:
As of 20 January, 2004 Local MACI and WestGrid environments will be
merged. Welcome to MACI complex of SGI machines at the University of Alberta. If you cannot find what you are looking for please feel free to contact us: research.support@ualberta.ca . MACI was a collaborative project of the Universities of Alberta, Calgary, Lethbridge, that provides high performance computing and multimedia/visualization resources to researchers and educators. The new WestGrid project will incorporate many of the principles from MACI. (For a more information and description of the various components of WestGrid see the main web site at: http://www.WestGrid.ca . Also, feel free to contact: support@westgrid.ca).
The SGI complex of machines are part of the high performance computing component of the MACI project. Located at the University of Alberta, it consists of a 5 separate SGI Origin machines with a total of 236 processors; and supporting hardware and software. The role of the U of A machines, in the MACI/WestGrid picture, is that of a computers to use, for large highly parallel or large memory jobs. The first of the MACI machines arrived in the the Spring of 1998 and the facility expanded over the past few years. More detailed local history information is available at UofA MACI SGI background and photos (the "What is New" history file is also available).
For more details about UofA MACI SGI computing environment, explore the links below:
Contacting Us: If you'd like more information about using the machines, production schedule, machine availability, and/or help with porting your code, please feel free to contact us: research.support@ualberta.ca Revised: January 23, 2004 |
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