National Center for High-Performance Computing explained

The National Center for High-Performance Computing (NCHC;) is one of ten national-level research laboratories under National Applied Research Laboratories (NARL), headquartered at Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park, Hsinchu City, Taiwan.

History

The research center was opened in 1993.[1] In November 2018 the National Center for High-Performance Computing owned supercomputer Taiwania 2 debuted at number 20 on the top500 list of fastest supercomputers.[2]

Operations

The NCHC is Taiwan's primary facility for high performance computing (HPC) resources including large-scale computational science and engineering, cluster and grid computing, middleware development, visualization and virtual reality, data storage, networking, and HPC-related training. The NCHC is also responsible for the operation of the 20 Gbit/s Taiwan Advanced Research and Education Network (TWAREN), the national education and research network of Taiwan. The NCHC supports academia and industry with hardware and software, advanced research and application development, and professional training. Its Free Software Lab developed and maintains the free disk cloning utility Clonezilla.[3]

List of supercomputers

Branches

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 國家高速網路與計算中心.
  2. Web site: Everington . Keoni . Taiwania 2 ranked as 20th-most powerful supercomputer in world . www.taiwannews.com.tw . 14 November 2018 . Taiwan News . 6 August 2019.
  3. Shiau . Steven J. H. . Sun . Chen-Kai . Tsai . Yu-Chin . Juang . Jer-Nan . Huang . Chi-Yo . 2018-06-12 . The Design and Implementation of a Novel Open Source Massive Deployment System . . en . . 8 . 6 . 965 . 10.3390/app8060965 . free. 2076-3417 . 828808191 . dmy-all.
  4. Web site: Everington . Keoni . 2 Nvidia supercomputers to be built in Taiwan . taiwannews.com.tw . Taiwan News . 8 July 2024.
  5. Web site: Shan . Shelley . Forerunner 1 to boost high-performance computing . taipeitimes.com . Taipei Times . 8 July 2024.
  6. Web site: Nakhiengchanh . Michael . Taiwan’s Forerunner 1 supercomputer to go online later in July . taiwannews.com.tw . Taiwan News . 8 July 2024.
  7. Web site: Ai . Chang . Kao . Evelyn . Taiwan-built Forerunner 1 supercomputer goes online . focustaiwan.tw . Focus Taiwan . 8 July 2024.
  8. Web site: NCHC::Contact Us. nchc.org.tw.

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