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Supercomputer Facility |
The Chemistry Supercomputer Facility provides world-class computing power for solving the most demanding research problems. The facility consists of a 32-processor SGI Origin 3400 with 24 GB RAM and half a terabyte of disk space. This machine is a high-performance parallel computer with shared memory, allowing users to run scalar as well as parallel large-scale calculations.
A wide variety of numerically intensive applications are used on the computer, ranging from ab initio quantum chemistry and molecular dynamics to all kinds of numerically intensive simulations and modeling. It is also used for in-house code development (new ab initio methods, new dynamical approaches, etc.). Access to the machine is granted exclusively to members of the MSU chemistry department and their collaborators, which helps in keeping short job turnaround times.
The Origin 3400 was purchased with a grant from the National Science Foundation and matching funds from Michigan State University.
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