The E10K has 64 gigabytes of shared memory with the Gigaplane-XB interconnect .
More detailed metrics are available.
Linked by fast networks , these systems are part of a national and international array of supercomputers, forming a bridge for collaboration between Indiana University researchers and their colleagues at other institutions around the world. NCSA is part of the NSF's Partnerships for Advanced Computational Infrastructure program. There are a number of good tutorials and other resources available on the internet, and many departments make scientific computing an important part of their research and graduate education programs. The Computer Science Department provides formal training in Advanced Scientific Computing . Laboratories equipped with SUN and SGI workstations provide an instructional environment which smoothes the transition to the high-performance systems discussed above.