High-Performance Computing
Texas A&M Joins Intel Parallel Computing Center
The High Performance Research Computing (HPRC) center at Texas A&M University has been named to the Intel Parallel Computing Center (PCC) program.
The
Intel PCC program provides universities and other organizations with
funding to modernize application software to run on current parallel
computing architectures. Intel PCC member institutions work to increase
the parallelism and scalability of applications by optimizing them to
take advantage of the cores, caches, threads and vector capabilities of
microprocessors and coprocessors, according to information on the Intel
PCC program's site.
The Texas A&M HPRC will use its Intel
PCC funding "to develop open-source software focusing on simulation of
flows through micropores, such as those found in rocks involved in oil
and gas extraction, by extending OpenFOAM,
a popular open-source simulation software," according to a news release
from the university. In addition to funding, joining the program will
also give Texas A&M HPRC researchers access to Intel's technology
experts throughout the project.
"At HPRC we use
high-performance computing to unite experts in numerous fields of
study," said Honggao Liu, director of High Performance Research
Computing at Texas A&M, in a prepared statement. "This grant and
multi-disciplinary project will allow us to better understand and solve
issues within this critical software."
Some other universities that have already joined the Intel PCC program include Stanford University, Princeton University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Purdue University, Indiana University and The University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center.
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Leila Meyer is a technology writer based in British Columbia. She can be reached at [email protected].
