The national importance of HECToR was recognised by a statement in the...
The national importance of HECToR was recognised in the Scottish Parliament when MSP Mike Pringle, whose constituency includes EPCC, lodged the following motion:...
View ArticleHigh Performance Computing Steps up Another Gear
HECToR (High End Computing Terascale Resources) is the latest national high performance computing service for the UK academic community. It will provide UK scientists with the means to undertake...
View Article113m super computer to carry a Torch for the Capital
The sophisticated machine is likely to be the most powerful in the UK and one of the world's leading supercomputers....
View ArticleEdinburgh site for super-computer
The 113m machine, Hector (High End Computing Terascale Resources), will be used for solving complex problems by researchers across the country....
View ArticleUniversity of Edinburgh Signs Contract for Supercomputer
HECToR (High End Computing Terascale Resources) is a vast computing facility worth 113m over six years. The computer will be made by the American supercomputer company, Cray Inc. It has been paid for...
View ArticleWhat's the story with ... Super-computers?
For when it goes live from a secret location around Edinburgh in October, Hector - for that is the computer's name - will enable scientists from all over the UK to carry out remotely the most complex...
View ArticleDuke of York visits the ACF: 14th November 2007
The Duke of York with Professor Arthur Trew, Director of EPCC...
View ArticleDEISA Symposium 2008: 28-29th April 2008
The DEISA, Distributed European Infrastructure for Supercomputing Applications, Grid of supercomputers is unique within Europe. DEISA is a structured layer on top of the national supercomputing...
View ArticleHECToR to be part of DEISA: 11th March 2008
In May 2008, HECToR will begin to contribute to the shared pool of resources operated jointly by the DEISA partners. The consortium currently contains eleven supercomputing centres in seven countries...
View ArticleCall for Proposals for the 4th DEISA Extreme Computing Initiative. Submission...
DEISA, or the Distributed European Infrastructure for Supercomputing Applications, consists of 11 HPC Centres across Europe, providing a pan-European Grid of HPC resources. HPCx has been a platform...
View ArticleHigh Performance Computing Complementary Capability Challenge - Call for...
Call Now Open - Closing Date 4pm 11th September 2008...
View ArticleSuspension of X2 Accounting
As part of the Research Council's desire to promote new and innovative uses of HECToR, the Research Councils have taken the decision to allow users unrestricted access to the X2 vector system for a...
View Article5th DECI Call for Proposals now open
DEISA Extreme Computing Initiative Call for Proposals now open, Submission Deadline: 4th May 2009...
View ArticleWelcome to the DEISA PRACE Symposium 2009.
DEISA, the Distributed European Infrastructure for Supercomputing Applications, and PRACE, the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe, decided to merge their annual scientific symposia into one...
View ArticleHECToR now upgraded to CLE 2.1
On May 6 2009 the Cray Linux Environment (CLE) on HECToR was upgraded from version 2.0 to version 2.1....
View ArticleHECToR Quad Core Upgrade
We are pleased to announce that the Phase2a quad core upgrade is now ready to commence. ...
View ArticleWelcome To Quad Core
We are delighted to advise that HECToR is now back in service following the initial stage of the quad core upgrade. ...
View ArticleHECToR 100% Quad Core
We are delighted to advise that HECToR is now back in service following the second stage of the quad core upgrade. ...
View ArticleThe HECToR Website has a new face
The HECToR Website has a new face. The home page is now simplified and includes a high level public view of the service. You can find the new part of the site at:...
View ArticleCapability Incentives on HECToR
The principal purpose of the Research Councils in funding the HECToR service is to provide a system with capabilities which are unmatched by computing services at the University or department level....
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