Short Description
VSC-5 is a high-performance computer. It is a cluster consisting of 828 individual computers. The individual computers (nodes) are connected to each other and to a file system via a high-performance network. Each node has 2 AMD processors (64 cores each) and 512 to 2048 GB main memory. 62 nodes are additionally equipped with 2 graphics processors (GPUs) NVIDIA A100 each. The system is essentially operated in batch mode, but also has interactive access.
The system is equipped with an extensive software package which, in addition to a number of application programs, contains the necessary tools for the development and optimization of parallel programs. VSC-5 is open to users from research, industry and public administration who have a need for very high computing power. The ASC team operates the system, provides user support, and offers an extensive training program.
Contact Person
Dr. Ernst Haunschmid
Research Services
Provision of resources in the field of high performance computing for all scientific fields.
Methods & Expertise for Research Infrastructure
VSC-5 is open to users from research, industry and public administration who have a need for very high computing power. In addition to the classic applications from (theoretical) physics and chemistry, meteorology, life sciences (bioinformatics), computationally intensive applications and simulations are increasingly used in almost all research areas. The ASC team (Org Unit ASC Research Center E057-09) operates the system, provides user support, and offers an extensive training program.
University of Vienna
Boku University
University of Innsbruck
Graz University of Technology
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST)
https://asc.ac.at/research/projects-on-asc
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