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Rocky Mountain Supercomputing Centers “…Creating a technology future worthy of Montana…”

Rocky Mountain Supercomputing Centers “…Creating a technology future worthy of Montana…”. November 21, 2008 Montana Board of Regents Version 13. Dr. Alex Philp, RMSC Evan Barrett, GOED. Title slide. Rocky Mountain SuperComputing Centers Governor’s Vision.

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Rocky Mountain Supercomputing Centers “…Creating a technology future worthy of Montana…”

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  1. Rocky Mountain Supercomputing Centers“…Creating a technology future worthy of Montana…” November 21, 2008 Montana Board of Regents Version 13 Dr. Alex Philp, RMSCEvan Barrett, GOED Title slide

  2. Rocky Mountain SuperComputing CentersGovernor’s Vision • Improve state’s technology infrastructure • Improve state’s competitive positioning • Improve state’s economy – inside and outside “the boot” • Bring opportunities to emerging workforce • Bring Montanans & business home • Promote Private/Public Partnerships

  3. The Great American Supercomputing Desert

  4. Montana Technology Oasis

  5. What is Supercomputing? • A computing system typically consisting of multiple processors working together with a lot of memory per processor, a lot of disk storage across the entire system that is capable of performing a large number of calculations in a short period of time on a large amount of data to achieve a single task. • Typical classes of problems include: • Problems of Scale • Simulation and Modeling • Difficult or “Hard” Problems – Non-Deterministic (NP) • Adaptive Systems; Artificial and Natural

  6. CFD Wing Simulation M-OSRP Seismic 2.1 x 1014 FLOPS 45 x 1015 FLOPS Source: AGM, LGC, M-OSRP Source: A. Jameson, et al Intelligent Oilfield CFD Full Plane Simulation 1.7 x 1021 FLOPS 8.7 x 1024 FLOPS Modeling the optimized deployment of 10,000 part Digital Movies &Special Effects Spare Parts Inventory Planning 2.7 x 1019 FLOPS 2.4 x 1015 FLOPS Source: B. Dietrich, IBM Source: Pixar Why a supercomputing cyberinfrastructure? Computational Needs of Technical, Scientific, Digital Media & Business Applications Approach or Exceed the Petaflop/s Range not be modified.

  7. Next-Generation Problems and Solutions

  8. The “Big Idea” – RMSC (State of Montana) Mission To enable next-generation discoveries, advancements and solutions for commercial, academic, and governmental stakeholders through the utilization of high performance computing applications and services. • Through the Stakeholders: • Secure sustainable growth through multiple funding mechanisms • Advance competitiveness across multiple economic sectors • Support the expansion of Montana’s economy in the global marketplace.

  9. The “Big Idea” – RMSC - State of Montana Vision To establish Montana as a recognized leader in the execution of a next-generation high performance computing business model as a fundamental component of Montana’s economic engine. • This vision will be realized by: • Crossing a critical cyberinfrastructure threshold • Becoming first in the nation for a “demand” based HPC business model leveraging economies of scale • Achieving “on-demand” computing capabilities • Focusing upon the investment in human capital as the critical component of the computing vision.

  10. “On Demand” Business Model Minimize Capital Costs Focus on operating costs & human resources Service delivery CUSTOMER RMSC-IBM COMPUTER Compute/Architect LARGE IBM SYSTEMS

  11. RMSC Governance Model . . . • 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation • Board of Directors (Government, Academic, Private Sector & Industry Directors) • Professional Staff – Growing HPC Business • User Advisory Committee • Technical Advisory Committee • Governmental Advisory Committee • Alex Philp, GCS, Msla, Pres. & Chair • Larry Hall, S&K Industries, Pablo • Paul Tuss, Bearpaw Development, Havre • Joe Figueria, MT Tech, Butte • 3 Others to be selected

  12. RMSC Governance Model . . . 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation Board of Directors (Government, Academic, Private Sector & Industry Directors) Professional Staff – Growing HPC Business User Advisory Committee Technical Advisory Committee Governmental Advisory Committee Centers of Excellence (CoE) Representatives Certified Regional Development Corporations IP Protection, GAAP Accounting & Professional Staff

  13. Thornton Building Data Center, Workspace ITSD Equip. Software, etc MT TECH Equip. Software, etc RMSC 501(c)(3) Private, Non-profit Affiliated w/ Tech Paid Advisory Committees: User Groups Technology Govt Interface Staff Academic Donated MSU-B Bio-diesel MONTEC Fire Sciences CRDCs LDOs MIST Simulation Tech Ranch NCHCI Other CUSTOMERS: Direct and Thru CRDCs, LDOs & COEs -- Private & Public IBM Services: Direct & On-Demand

  14. RMSC Multi-Tier Coverage MAP

  15. RMSC Expansion . . . S K A B Kalispell Havre PNL ND / SD Glendive Great Falls Missoula Helena Miles City Butte Billings Bozeman I N L W Y Dillon

  16. RMSC – Support Chart

  17. Rocky Mountain Supercomputing Centers“…Creating a technology future worthy of Montana…” November 21, 2008 Montana Board of Regents Version 13 Dr. Alex Philp, RMSCEvan Barrett, GOED Title slide

  18. Questions and Discussion

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