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energy
- number of nodes: 16
- number of processing cores: 32
- total memory: 128 Gb
- operating system: Linux
kolos
- number of nodes: 30
- number of processing cores: 274
- total memory 1.1 TBytes
- total disk space: 83 TBytes
- operating system: Linux
The peak performance is 2.4 Tflop. The cluster is configured with two 16 core
nodes with 128 GB of memory each, two 16 core/64 GB, eighteen 8
core/32 GB, and eight 8 core/16 GB. All processors are quad core AMD 2.2 GHz
Opterons. The cluster was built by Dell.
It was
purchased using funds provided by a DoD Defense University Research
Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grant.
When the cluster was installed in March 2009, it became the most
powerful supercomputer on UD Campus.
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Wlodzimierz Kolos |
The cluster was named "kolos" in memory of
Wlodzimierz Kolos
(1928-1996), a distinguished theoretical molecular physicist. Kolos was
one of the pioneers of using computers for accurate calculations on
small molecules, in particular the hydrogen molecule. His results for
the dissociation energy of this molecule demonstrated for
the first time that a computational approach can be more accurate than
experiments, as acknowledged by Gerhard Herzberg in his Nobel lecture.
lowdin
- number of nodes: 33
- number of processing cores: 66
- total memory 232 GBytes
- operating system: Linux
This cluster is available to all members of DPA. It was purchased from
a UNIDEL grant and is named after
Per-Olov Lowdin
(1916-2000), a distinguished theoretical physicist and chemist.
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kolos cluster |
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Contact Information
KRZYSZTOF SZALEWICZ
University of Delaware
Physics & Astronomy
121 Sharp Laboratory
Newark, DE 19716
szalewic@udel.edu
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office: 302-831-6579
fax: 302-831-1637
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