A team from the company 3leaf systems is currently installing a new addition to the HPC. The 3 leaf computer system is a hardware based SMP solution for programs that require large amounts of memory. Using virtualization technology, the system which consist of 12 compute nodes, can be partitions as one large SMP machine with 576 GB of memory and 144 cores. Click "read more" for some pictures of the installation.

Computational resources are a critical part of scientific research and engineering programs and play an increasingly important role in preparing students for careers in both commercial and academics fields. Recent advances in data acquisition, algorithm development, and computer hardware have made High Performance Computing (HPC) fundamentally necessary to remain competitive. FSU has long recognized the importance of local HPC resources for research and education. Since 1993, FSU has maintained HPC facilities on campus, which have consistently put the University on the "Top 500 Supercomputer" site (www.top500.org). In 2002 FSU gained the distinct honor of having the largest university-owned computer facility worldwide and 34th largest among all facilities. Since its inceptions this facility has enabled research programs spanning such disciplines as; biology, engineering, physics, meteorology, mathematics, oceanography, and more (see our research page for details).

The FSU HPC mission is to:

• Support multidisciplinary research
• Provide a general access computing platform
• Encourage cost sharing by departments with dedicated computing needs
• Provide a broad base of support and training opportunities