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SDSC - San Diego Supercomputer Center
_A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
San Diego Supercomputer Center
PO Box 85608
San Diego, CA 92138-5608
_E-_m_a_i_l: consultant@sdsc.edu
_P_h_o_n_e: (619)534-5000
_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) is one of five
national supercomputer centers funded primarily by the
National Science Foundation. Its mission is to provide
supercomputer time to scientists and researchers around the
country. SDSC is located on the campus of the University of
California at San Diego and is administered by General Atom-
ics. Major policy guidance comes from a steering committee
representing the 25 SDSC consortium institutions, which
include major California universities and all campuses of
the University of California and the California State
University.
Computer resources. SDSC offers access to
o+ A CRAY X-MP/48 supercomputer (peak speed 840 MFLOPS),
running the Cray Time-Sharing System (CTSS) operating
system and 120 UNIX utilities, with 8 million words of
memory and 13.2 GBytes of local disk storage.
o+ An SCS-40 minisupercomputer (peak speed 44 MFLOPS),
running CTSS, with 16 million words of memory, 16 mil-
lion words of extended memory, and 4 GBytes of local
disk storage.
o+ A Supertek S-1 minisupercomputer (peak speed 25
MFLOPS), running CTSS, with four million words of
memory and 2.4 GBytes of local disk storage. (This
_________________________
The information in this section is provided in accor-
dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
of this guide.
June 21, 1989 NNSC Section 1.10, Page 1
machine is being used for system development and test-
ing but will be made available to users at some point
in the future.)
o+ A long-term file storage system (CFS) consisting of 60
Gbytes of disk storage and essentially infinite tape
cartridge storage.
These systems are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
except during scheduled maintenance and system development.
In 1988, these systems were available nearly 97% of the
time.
Two printed manuals (An Introductory User Guide and Sum-
maries) are mailed to all new users. Two-day introductory
workshops are held approximately once per month on-site but
are also available at your location with confirmed atten-
dance of at least 20. Other sources of information include
SDSC's monthly newsletter, Gather/Scatter, an annual report
of science highlights, more than 130 online documents, and
40 electronic bulletin boards.
SDSC offers telephone and E-mail consulting 8:00 a.m.-5:00
p.m. (Pacific time) M-F at (619)534-5100.
_N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s
SDSC is on the Internet. It is also attached to SPAN, HEP-
net, MFEnet and CSUnet.
_W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _T_h_e _C_e_n_t_e_r
How to apply for time. 31,000 CPU hours each year are
available for academic and industrial use. Most of the time
is allocated at no charge to researchers on the basis of
peer review by the SDSC Allocation Committee or by the SDSC
consortium institutions. Allocations by the committee are
made independent of institutional affiliation or funding
source. The projects must be non-proprietary. Applications
are accepted four times per year (for 12-month allocations)
for time beginning 1 January, 1 April, 1 July, or 1 October.
Applications must be received at least 45 days prior to the
quarter in which you request your allocation to begin (e.g.,
the deadline is 15 February for time beginning 1 April).
For more information, contact the SDSC consultants at
(619)534-5100 and request the Overview brochure (which con-
tains the application form).
June 21, 1989 NNSC Section 1.10, Page 2
A small fraction of time for allocation is available on a
non-peer-reviewed basis to industrial cost-sharing partici-
pants. Such projects may be proprietary but must be unclas-
sified. For more information, contact Bob Randall at
(619)534-5060.
June 21, 1989 NNSC Section 1.10, Page 3