NCSA Installs New Hardware

The video tutorial provides an overview of the Blue Waters program's hardware systems, including IBM 780 Power 7 based machines with various core configurations. It explains the system's configuration, focusing on interactive login and compute nodes, and highlights the importance of performance tuning. The tutorial also discusses the dual memory controllers for optimizing memory bandwidth and the use of SUSE SLES 11 Linux distribution. Access for Blue Waters staff and users is covered, along with the support provided by the University of Illinois's National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), which aids researchers in creating impactful simulations.

What are the expected outcomes of tuning the single node computations before scaling them out?

Describe the role of the University of Illinois's National Center for Supercomputing Applications in the Blue Waters project.