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Vector supercomputer aids nanotechnology
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The University of Surrey has installed an NEC SX-6/4B vector supercomputer.
The University of Surrey (UniS) has installed an NEC SX-6/4B vector supercomputer This high productivity parallel vector system will be used to build up research of the nano-modelling supercomputing laboratory within the Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) at UniS
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The two systems located within the ATI at UniS will be used by the Theory and Advanced Computation (TAC) group, which is one of four research groups at the ATI.
The TAC group focuses on the theory and supercomputer simulation of the fundamentals and applications of complex materials, devices and systems in ultrafast photonics, nanoelectronics and the biomedical sciences.
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The research explores the complex quantum worlds of ultrafast photonics, designed functional materials as well as nanothermodynamics and biophotonics by means of advanced computer simulation techniques.
The NEC SX-6 series is one of the fastest vector supercomputers commercially available for industry, government and research applications.
SX-6 computers are used by a number of meteorological organisations for computationally-intensive problems such as long-term weather forecasting and climate prediction.
"The NEC SX-6 system is a significant contribution to our computational facilities, enabling researchers to undertake more demanding simulations and seeking answers to complex problems in the nano-world, which were not possible to attempt previously", said Professor Ortwin Hess, Head of the TAC group.
Recent research at the ATI includes the theory and computer modelling of spatial-temporal dynamics of molecular motors, and fundamentals in the quantum theory of nanothermodynamics.
"The NEC SX-6 system now gives us the opportunity to build on our recent ground-breaking quantum-theoretical work on temperature on the nanoscale (published in Physical Review Letters and commented on in Nature)".
"It allows us to embark on an exploration of the uncharted terrain of nanothermodynamics, which is highly relevant for the whole nanotechnology field", says Professor Hess.
Professor Hess stresses that the research in these fields goes hand-in-hand with strong efforts in the science of high-performance computing itself, underpinned by the establishment of the new post of Scientific Computing Officer (Dr J Hamm) and dedicated work by the TAC group members.
The acquisition of the SX-6 was made possible by a second-round Science Research Investment Fund (SRIF2) award of GBP 4 million, to provide equipment for nanoelectronics research and high performance computing.
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