CISL tracks emerging computer technologies to ensure the efficient use of current computing resources and the selection of the most appropriate computers for NCAR/UCAR's future computational needs. To meet the objectives of the institution, CISL works with the scientific community to formulate and evaluate the system requirements.
CISL assesses capabilities of new systems available from vendors and plays an active role in evaluating programming languages and paradigms. Keeping up with the latest developments, CISL staff review computer literature, attend technical conferences and vendor presentations, run benchmarks, and research experimental systems.
Periodically CISL executes open, competitive procurements, soliciting vendor proposals and evaluating them on a best-value basis—taking into account technical, business, and price factors to maximize the benefit to the researchers who will utilize the system.
Stan McLaughlin, a CISL computing facility technician, and George Fuentes, head of CISL's Supercomputer Systems Group, speak with IBM site engineer Bob Wood about a component of BlueGene/L during installation of the new system.
Aaron Andersen, manager of CISL's Enterprise Services Section, monitors progress during delivery of pegasus, an IBM e1350 supercomputer used to support Antarctic weather forecasts.
A look inside BlueGene/L, a low-power, densely packaged, massively parallel computer system from IBM. CISL is using BlueGene/L for experimental computational research.
Source:Hindustanis.org
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