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NSF NCAR Derecho

NCAR's Derecho supercomputer is a high-performance computing system with 19.87 petaflops of processing power. It comprises 2,488 nodes, each equipped with two 64-core AMD EPYC 7763 Milan processors, totaling 323,712 processor cores. Each node has 256 GB of DDR4 memory and is interconnected by an HPE Slingshot v11 high-speed network in a dragonfly configuration. The system supports Earth system science research for U.S. institutions.

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Use Cases:​

  • Earth System Science Research: Designed specifically for tasks related to climate modeling, weather prediction, and environmental studies.
  • Large-Scale Simulations: Optimal for computationally demanding research in Earth sciences that requires extensive core-hours.
  • Educational Use: Available for classroom and instructional purposes, supporting students, postdocs, and new faculty without external funding.

To learn more, visit the NCAR HPC Documentation page.

NSF NCAR HPC Documentation
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For additional information on NSF NCAR Derecho and its allocation process, refer to the NSF ACCESS Resources page.