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Introduction to HPC (slideshow)

Module by: Tim Stitt Ph.D.. E-mail the author

Summary: A slide-show introducing the fundamentals of High-Performance Computing (HPC)

Introduction

The following presentation introduces the fundamentals of High-Performance Computing (HPC). To complement the presentation, a series of practical exercises are provided in supplementary modules, which can be used to reinforce the material introduced in the slides.

Note:

The practical exercises are designed primarily to be completed on the Cray XT supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputer Centre (CSCS), Switzerland.

Note For Non-CSCS Users:

If you want to complete the practicals on your own system, you can directly download the source code templates for the exercises here.

HPC Slide-Show (Quicktime)

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A PDF version of the slide-show can be downloaded to your desktop here [40 MB].

Important:

If you are completing the practical exercises on the CSCS Cray XT systems, please review the material in the module "Editing, Compiling and Submitting Jobs on Ela", before commencing.

Glossary

Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS):

Founded in 1991, CSCS, the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre, develops and promotes technical and scientific services for the Swiss research community in the fields of high-performance computing.

Located at Manno near Lugano, in the southern, Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, CSCS is an autonomous unit of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich).

Further details can be found at www.cscs.ch

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