PhreakNIC 17 - Jeff Nichols - So... You Want To Build A Cray
Channel: phreaknicstaff
Date: 2015-02-21

I am a computational scientist at Oak Ridge National Lab where Titan, a Cray supercomputer, is located. It is currently the fastest, open-science computer in the world. I am also a member of the local hacker space, KnoxMakers.orghttp://KnoxMakers.org. At KnoxMakers we have a cabinet from one of the previous generation Cray supercomputers. This talk is about the components comprising a supercomputer and our experience pulling these components together in order to restore the older Cray to working order.



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