Customer Stories

National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)

Date : 8/1/2010
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We’ve had a very deep relationship with Dell for a number of years, and deployed a lot of their first-of systems.

John Towns, director, Persistent Infrastructure, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, United States

Challenge
National Center for Supercomputing Applications needed high-performance computing (HPC) clusters to meet the extreme computational and visualization needs of researchers.
Solution
Dell and NCSA personnel worked in close collaboration to develop Abe and Lincoln, two HPC clusters with a combined speed of 137 teraflops.
Benefits
• Get IT faster — Deliver terascale systems to increase researcher productivity.
• Run IT better — Use graphic processing units (GPUs) for better price/performance.
• Grow IT smarter — Work with Dell to design systems that overcome current barriers. Partner with Dell system design experts to collaboratively explore new platforms.